Comments on: How Much Fear Is There? http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:33:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Chimera http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/comment-page-1/#comment-122778 Chimera Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/#comment-122778 <i>"The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday."</i> No, it didn't. It was some no-balls-no-brains dumbshit weenie refugee from reality who couldn't wait to push the panic button that caused the evacuation. If anyone should be arrested and charged with a felony, it should be <i>him</i>, for inciting a riot. I mean, isn't there a law against raising false alarms (yelling "FIRE!" in a theater if there is no fire)? But nooooo...he'll probably get a fucking medal, or something. "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" ought to be compulsory reading for every citizen, and there ought to be an exam with the pass mark set at 100% before anyone is allowed to go out in public without wearing a muzzle.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122778','Chimera'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122778','Chimera','<i>\"The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday.\"<\/i>\r\n\r\nNo, it didn\'t. It was some no-balls-no-brains dumbshit weenie refugee from reality who couldn\'t wait to push the panic button that caused the evacuation. If anyone should be arrested and charged with a felony, it should be <i>him<\/i>, for inciting a riot. I mean, isn\'t there a law against raising false alarms (yelling \"FIRE!\" in a theater if there is no fire)? But nooooo...he\'ll probably get a fucking medal, or something.\r\n\r\n\"The Boy Who Cried Wolf\" ought to be compulsory reading for every citizen, and there ought to be an exam with the pass mark set at 100% before anyone is allowed to go out in public without wearing a muzzle.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> “The sprinkled powder forced hundreds to evacuate an IKEA furniture store Thursday.”

No, it didn’t. It was some no-balls-no-brains dumbshit weenie refugee from reality who couldn’t wait to push the panic button that caused the evacuation. If anyone should be arrested and charged with a felony, it should be him, for inciting a riot. I mean, isn’t there a law against raising false alarms (yelling “FIRE!” in a theater if there is no fire)? But nooooo…he’ll probably get a fucking medal, or something.

“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” ought to be compulsory reading for every citizen, and there ought to be an exam with the pass mark set at 100% before anyone is allowed to go out in public without wearing a muzzle.

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]]> By: Treehugger http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/comment-page-1/#comment-122750 Treehugger Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:28:09 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/#comment-122750 The terrorist gain small victories each time our governments succumb to more intrusive measures that limit freedom in the name of security. Clearly they are doing quite well in this regard.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122750','Treehugger'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122750','Treehugger','The terrorist gain small victories each time our governments succumb to more intrusive measures that limit freedom in the name of security. Clearly they are doing quite well in this regard.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> The terrorist gain small victories each time our governments succumb to more intrusive measures that limit freedom in the name of security. Clearly they are doing quite well in this regard.
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]]> By: balbulican http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/comment-page-1/#comment-122739 balbulican Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:06:13 +0000 http://www.stageleft.info/2007/08/30/how-much-fear-is-there/#comment-122739 Weird, eh? The entire point of terrorism is to destabilize by making people afraid. The US government and a large chunk of URQ blogdom seem astonishingly happy to assist Al Qaeda in that goal. They've created this self-sustaining miasma of fear that no longer requires any actual validation at all.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('122739','balbulican'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('122739','balbulican','Weird, eh?\r\n\r\nThe entire point of terrorism is to destabilize by making people afraid. The US government and a large chunk of URQ blogdom seem astonishingly happy to assist Al Qaeda in that goal. They\'ve created this self-sustaining miasma of fear that no longer requires any actual validation at all.'); return false;">Quote</a></div> Weird, eh?

The entire point of terrorism is to destabilize by making people afraid. The US government and a large chunk of URQ blogdom seem astonishingly happy to assist Al Qaeda in that goal. They’ve created this self-sustaining miasma of fear that no longer requires any actual validation at all.

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