{"id":3147,"date":"2010-12-16T06:40:58","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T01:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=3147"},"modified":"2010-12-17T09:14:24","modified_gmt":"2010-12-17T03:44:24","slug":"terrorism-is-over-hyped-how-to-create-mass-hysteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2010\/politics\/terrorism-is-over-hyped-how-to-create-mass-hysteria.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism is Over Hyped – Creating Mass Hysteria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it just me, or have other people also noticed that the threat of terrorism is more fictional than real? I mean given the amount of news coverage it gets as well as the draconian measures the government is taking to “prevent” it, one should assume that it’s a major cause of mayhem in the country right? I mean we don’t see this hysteria when a million Indians die of smoking related diseases every year do we? Or when the number of “road rage” killings increases exponentially?<\/p>\n

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Terrorism - no big deal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One would think that if the government really cared about lives, it would strictly implement its “no smoking in public” ban to protect secondary smokers and make the procedure for getting driving licenses more streamlined and fair. But when it comes to terrorism<\/em>, suddenly all common sense goes out the window. It kills a mere handful of people every year. Statistically, more people are hit by lightning than die of terrorism! So why the big hoopla?<\/p>\n

It’s hysteria – nothing more. And governments around the world are delighted<\/em>. It gives them a perfect excuse to implement measures to control the population and strip away precious civil liberties which our forefathers have shed their blood to earn. POTA, AFSPA, the US’s Patriot Act, the government wanting to listen in on our private communications, strip searches at airports. And what’s the payoff? Maybe…maybe<\/em> 10 fewer people will die. Is that worth the rest of us giving up our freedoms? I think that’s a very<\/em> poor bargain.<\/p>\n

And don’t tell me that I’ve never lost a loved one in a terrorist attack and that I wouldn’t be so smug if I did. A mother who loses her child in an car accident might feel like banning all cars. What does that prove? Those directly affected by a tragedy are hardly the most neutral ones to talk about it.<\/p>\n

I feel sick watching the Indian government use the bogey of “Thuh Terrists!” to demand to listen in to our private conversations without a court order!<\/em> When I see the touching faith that people have in the government to not misuse their shiny new powers, I would laugh…if I wasn’t also crying inwardly. Is it so damn easy to lead us like sheep without brains of our own? So<\/em> convenient no?<\/p>\n

Mark my words, now that governments know how profitable it is to keep the populace in perpetual fear, this terrorism threat will never go away. We’ll be continually told that it’s an unsafe world and that we need to be protected for our own good and that in the end civil liberties aren’t really worth lives are they?<\/p>\n

Except that they are<\/em>. The liberties we enjoy today cost buckets of blood to obtain. There’s a price to be paid for living in a free country and if that price is a miniscule risk of dying in a terror attck, then <\/em>so be it!<\/strong> Smoking, accidents…lightning – what’s another small little threat eh?<\/p>\n

Let’s show some spine for a change and not give the terrorists what they want – which is to spread terror. Irrational terror. 26\/11 in Mumbai put most Indians into a funk. But if we continue down the path we’re going, the terrorists have already won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it just me, or have other people also noticed that the threat of terrorism is more fictional than real? I mean given the amount of news coverage it gets as well as the draconian measures the government is taking to “prevent” it, one should assume that it’s a major cause of mayhem in the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-rights-and-freedoms"],"yoast_head":"\nTerrorism is Over Hyped - Creating Mass Hysteria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Terrorism isn't really a big threat. People are being led like sheep into giving up their freedoms. 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