tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post5314816404825918237..comments2011-09-13T10:38:58.909+01:00Comments on Bla bla bla... what?: FearmongeringDangleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01783150912909826987noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post-8842671701570135672010-01-29T20:45:50.538+00:002010-01-29T20:45:50.538+00:00I'm ploughing through a 1000-page novel atm, w...I'm ploughing through a 1000-page novel atm, when I finish that I'll let you know and might take you up on that offer of Robert Goodin, it sounds like a v interesting text. <br />Also, not happy about this bot post, this is the second time that's happened.Dangleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01783150912909826987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post-23442415925656184472010-01-27T01:38:05.323+00:002010-01-27T01:38:05.323+00:00ugh, typo in the second line. *do nothing producti...ugh, typo in the second line. *do nothing productive.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787708792184032639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3392161841614588983.post-80498656460004445012010-01-27T01:37:11.147+00:002010-01-27T01:37:11.147+00:00Hit the nail on the head. Public proclamations of ...Hit the nail on the head. Public proclamations of the imminent danger of terrorism does nothing productive - everyone knows that if you see an unattended bag, you tell someone. And there's little more that we can do as vigilant citizens than things like that, things that we've already been programmed to do. What these warnings DO do is create that old chestnut, the climate of fear, that has been so successfully used in both the US and UK to pass civil liberty-infringing acts that extend government power and restrict our freedoms.<br /><br />Since you mentioned the terrorism module I took, the conclusion that Robert Goodin comes to in his text What's Wrong With Terrorism? is (to paraphrase) that if we define terrorism as fundamentally involving the creation of fear for political purposes, then our governments might be considered just as guilty of that as are the terrorists themselves... I can lend you the text if it interests you particularly.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15787708792184032639noreply@blogger.com