-> On 04-18-08, STAN HARDEGREE said to EARL CROASMUN:
-> 
-> 
-> EC> Bob A. is correct in a pure sense of what
"terrorism" is all about.
-> EC> Terrorists go for maximum exposure and visibility.  They also kill
in
-> EC> the process, but the visibility of the killing is more important
than
-> EC> the number killed.
-> 
-> 
-> SH>If that were true, they would have done it on Sunday.
-> 
-> 
-> They picked the exact date they knew would ring the right bell in the
-> American mind: 911!
-> 
-> 
-> They might treat their women like they treated them back in Abraham's
day,
-> and still not have indoor plumbing......but they are not exactly
ignorant.
-> 
-> 
Careful, now Wilson, remember this is TIM you are agreeing with...

-> I think Ackley is right in only one sense:
-> 
-> 
-> The press shouldn't glorify the terrorist' acts the way they do, but
should
-> play up to the maximum the vast number of their `own people' they murder
in
-> the process of trying to kill a few Americans, or members of a sect they
are
-> fighting against.
-> 
-> 
-> I think if there were far more video footage of weeping and shocked
Arabs,
-> attending funerals of their children or elderly, more video of the grief
-> stricken immediate aftermath of a bomb attack, showing Arab citizens
weeping
-> and wailing over the bodies of their dead  or maimed children, at some
point
-> Arabs would start looking a little harder at a few of the religious
fanatical
-> Imams who send murderers out to commit these acts.

A very interesting idea. Two points I'd like you to consider: would we not
then be accused of having sympathy for those we hate? 2. WE would be
watching and they would be forbidden to watch. No? Mind you I'm not trying
to defend the media or anything...just interested in your idea and will be
in your response.
 
-> We will not win this war against international terrorism until America
is
-> united and presenting a single face to the enemy.
-> 
I'll think about that. It warrants a full response. (Essay. Discussion.
Book.) :-
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