RE: Why was nobody murdered because of this cartoon?

Tue, 27 Jan 2015 23:54:54 -0800 

 

 

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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 8:07 PM
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Subject: Re: Why was nobody murdered because of this cartoon?

 

 

 

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 4:15 AM, 'Chris de Morsella' via Everything List 
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One must question whether the motives were really “to defend our freedom”, when 
in fact the de facto result has been a serious erosion of individual liberty. 
At the very least that is, an ass backwards approach, and it is quite easy to 
imagine a whole slew of rather more sinister motives, which the de facto 
actions of Western governments seem to be more in line with.

-Chris

 

Agreed. This reminds me of some minor villain figure in Joseph Conrad's "The 
Secret Agent", who reasoned something like:

Manoeuvring fanatic idiots to blow up some political target is too transparent 
and no longer effective in funneling more money, power, and weapons into the 
right hands. 

Agreed… and also quite easy to do. The patsies and firebrands can believe 
whatever suits the particular story being woven. Furthermore I doubt there 
exists a single extremist group (or international drug cartel) that is not to 
some degree penetrated by clandestine state services (even an para-military 
organization as well run as Hezbollah is not immune, as has become known)


If we focus on sowing blanket fear more effectively, then it doesn't even 
matter which side we're on; everybody gets to legitimize moves towards more 
security by force. Resources will flow and flood appropriate markets 
accordingly, and the relevant industries will strengthen their foothold.

In Italy during the 1980s – a period of time I was living there – it was known 
as “La strategia del piombo” (The strategy  of lead). The acts of random mass 
casualty terrorism, the largest in many years in the Western word, such as the 
Bologna railway station bombing and others have been linked to a shadowy 
underground para military umbrella network. Researching Operation Gladio is a 
good way to surface information on what finally emerged in the 1990s.

Therefore, we must steer the idiots to attack seemingly senseless targets to 
impart a sense that "they can strike anywhere, anytime"; people will get lost 
in the apparent discourses and causal speculation and we get what we want. The 
more senseless or confounding the target, the better the distraction.

Precisely. In a climate of fear the people clamor for more police, more 
security and can be convinced to part with their liberty – for this illusory 
safety. People should keep in mind always that far more people die from 
lightning strikes as die from terrorism.

Unfortunately, this fictitious villain from novel published in 1907 is not that 
far off the mark, if you compare the recent response to say IRA attacks in 
London. Fanatics, freedom, prisoner's dilemma, and the laws that these 
sprout... how about hearing more about 900 million people in famine 
circumstance and watching those numbers for a change? News is crap. 

 

It is an effective strategy and has long been effective, throughout history. 
People – en mass --  truly are as dumb as sheep.

-Chris

 

PGC

 

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