[Cid_Yama]

bad link

[AgentR11]

why bad? works ok here. Not English though.

[onlooker]

Well, just to show you the power of the incessant War on Terror propaganda and the power of imminent threat/fear on the psyche of people. Not surprising Republicans more likely to list Terrorism as no. 1 problem. Has has been said on this site by people with expertise, humans have evolved to perceive and react to short terms threats over longer term ones.
http://www.gallup.com/poll/187655/ameri ... oblem.aspx

[Shaved Monkey]

More Americans Killed by Bees and Wasps or Falling Televisions than by Terrorists

[onlooker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Shaved Monkey', 'M')ore Americans Killed by Bees and Wasps or Falling Televisions than by Terrorists

[Ibon]

When you live in fear in many ways you are already dead..... so we have this funny paradox. Those already dead are more afraid of terrorists than those who are alive and enjoying life.

It is those who do not have a life who fear terrorists.... those who are not really living in the first place.

This is the segment of the population totally vulnerable to political manipulation because they don't think and because they are not free. Their are imprisoned in their fear and easily lead on a leash of political lies and manipulations.

It is folks like this who love Donald Trump.

[onlooker]

Absolutely, Ibon. Fear distorts ones rationale and reason just as I think too much addiction or desire for pleasure does also. Both pleasure seeking and fear are powerful drivers and feedbacks that cloud our mental perspicacity.

[Newfie]

It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.”
― Joseph Goebbels

[ennui2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', 'W')ell, just to show you the power of the incessant War on Terror propaganda

[ennui2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', 'A')bsolutely, Ibon. Fear distorts ones rationale and reason just as I think too much addiction or desire for pleasure does also. Both pleasure seeking and fear are powerful drivers and feedbacks that cloud our mental perspicacity.

[onlooker]

"the consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival." Ennui are you concerned about dying from a heart attack? Well according to your remark you should be entitled to be concerned as your risk of dying from a heart attack is far greater than dying from a terrorist attack. As for feeling superior nobody is feeling superior since when is a dissection of the predicaments facing humanity about feeling superior.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('onlooker', 'W')ell, just to show you the power of the incessant War on Terror propaganda

[Timo]

Darth Cheney's strategy to divide and conquer the sheeple is working perfectly, to everyone's demise. We are less free today than before 9-11. Is that because the terrorists are restricting our freedoms? Or is that because our government is using fear to convince us to allow them to restrict our freedoms?

Yes, terrorists exist, and the US strategy to indoctrinate us to hate brown people, Latin American's, Palestinians, Arabs, and all Muslims everywhere, creates more terrorists who feel betrayed by what they believed to be American virtues. American's have betrayed themselves to value security above the founding principles of our nation. Terrorism is never justified, but the War on Terror has been a selective campaign to cripple everything that the USA was, and should have been. Terrorists didn't do this to us. We did it to ourselves, and blamed it on people who were convinced we want to kill them.

Be very careful what you wish for. Propaganda works very well to certain ends.

[Ibon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ennui2', '
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Terrorism is not a made-up threat. I live where the Marathon bomber struck.

[onlooker]

I have been trying to also offer this message of manipulation because the premise is that a fearful population will yearn to have a strong government that insures security even that the expense of civil liberties. Many people understand this premise but less are willing to admit that the US govt. is actively on course to instill an authoritarian government via this sort of manipulation. We are headed into uncharted waters. Now will we willingly cede total control to the govt. Maybe if they can keep us safe and well fed.

[Plantagenet]

Considering that obama is currently waging war on terrorists in three countries--- Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan---- and killing terrorists using drones in a half dozen more countries, and just this morning Obama opened a new front against terrorism by bombing terrorists in Libya, a country where Obama toppled the existing government in an earlier misguided war, Its not surprising that Americans are concerned about terrorism.


Obama wages war on terrorism

[Cog]

Muslims taking over a country and terrorizing the women by raping them is rapidly becoming a concern in Europe. And it should concern Americans if the trend of settling hundreds of thousands of them here like Bernie and Hillary are wanting to do.

[Newfie]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'M')uslims taking over a country and terrorizing the women by raping them is rapidly becoming a concern in Europe. And it should concern Americans if the trend of settling hundreds of thousands of them here like Bernie and Hillary are wanting to do.

[Cog]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'M')uslims taking over a country and terrorizing the women by raping them is rapidly becoming a concern in Europe. And it should concern Americans if the trend of settling hundreds of thousands of them here like Bernie and Hillary are wanting to do.

[Lore]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'M')uslims taking over a country and terrorizing the women by raping them is rapidly becoming a concern in Europe. And it should concern Americans if the trend of settling hundreds of thousands of them here like Bernie and Hillary are wanting to do.