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eric3579Sadly i was disappointed by the lack of funny.
Today I've been disappointed by a Carlin clip and now a Louis CK interview. What the hell is going on?
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direpickleJust a guess, but... this?
Sadly i was disappointed by the lack of funny.
Today I've been disappointed by a Carlin clip and now a Louis CK interview. What the hell is going on?
poolcleanerThey did put that fucker on the cover, didn't they? Good job. Candidate for future president.
direpicklePeople are just unhappy because his picture doesn't make him look like what they think a terrorist should look like. They called him a monster right next to it, but people are grumpy that his picture doesn't fit the narrative.
They did put that fucker on the cover, didn't they? Good job. Candidate for future president.
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rychanI'm just worried about the next kid that wants to get on the cover of Rolling Stone while expressing his grievances in a heinous way.
Attention doesn't motivate all terrorists, but it motivates many of them. Consider the unabomber, who explicitly demanded attention (forcing major newspapers to print his manifesto) in order to stop his attack spree.
People are just unhappy because his picture doesn't make him look like what they think a terrorist should look like. They called him a monster right next to it, but people are grumpy that his picture doesn't fit the narrative.
QuboidAttention to a cause is the point of terrorism, even if they don't do it for the personal infamy they're doing it to draw attention to something and publicising them is in part publicising their cause.
I'm just worried about the next kid that wants to get on the cover of Rolling Stone while expressing his grievances in a heinous way.
Fame and attention doesn't motivate all terrorists, but it motivates many of them. Consider the unabomber, who explicitly demanded attention (forcing major newspapers to print his manifesto) in order to stop his attack spree.
bareboards2@rychan I have heard police psychologists (or whatever is the right term) say if you want to stop these horrendous mass killings, do NOT give publicity to the killers.
That is the single most important thing to do -- much more effective than gun control.
And yet we clambor to see their faces, know who they are. Newscasts capture eyes, newspapers and magazines sell. And we have free speech and a free media (except to the extent it is driven by the profit motive in small and also systematic ways.)
As for terrorists -- I think @Quboid is right on in general. Still, terrorists aren't ideological machines, they are human beings too. I suspect this kind of publicity is seductive to them, also. It is icing on the terror cake, though, not the cake itself I suspect.
Or something like that.
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