The war against terrorism or an excuse to control us? (The War Against Terrorism)

Member Name: neillus182

Product:	The War Against Terrorism
Date:	23/03/09 (139 review reads)
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Now, i know i am handling a delicate issue here, and if i offend anyone, i do apologies, but then we do live in a coutry with freedom of the press (well, that's a lie, but assuming we do) 

I am not for one second saying that terrorism is not an important issue, i am simply sick of people making it out to be the biggest threat to our lives. Once again today i was on the bus, only to be stuck behind two old woman talking about how they were afraid to go on the local trains because of terrorism.

This simply left me astonished...i mean...REALLY! What is the chance of terrorists blowing up the Alloa to Stirling train on a Monday morning? But this is common nowadays, the news is full of cautions and threats, and plans to restrict our civil liberties to stop the terrorists. We are constantly told just how likely we are to be killed by terrorists and how much they want us to die.

I would like to give a brief list off the top of my head of things that are more likely to kill you in Britain than terrorists.
Cancer
Aids
Car Accidents
Murder
Heroin
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Falling from a height
Heart disease
Alcohol Abuse
Smoking
DIY accidents in your own home
Allergic reaction to a bee
Allergic reaction to a peanut
Suicide
Choking to death
Starvation
Thirst
The list would be a lot longer if i was a doctor. Point is, yes, you could be killed by terrorists, but that really would be a rare occasion. Isn't media coverage what they want anyway? So if we are giving them consistent media coverage and telling everyone to be terrified then that's only an encouragement to terrorism.

We are told that terrorists just want to kill us for no reason really other than their own sick enjoyment, but lets face it, they want revenge. Revenge for years of British and American attacks and power holding and manipulation in the Middle East. Close to 100,000 Iraqi civilians were murdered when the British and American troops attacked Iraq for no good reason. Compare this to under 100 deaths in Britain due to terrorism in the last decade and you can maybe see something isn't quite right. How can it be the most horrific crime of the century when Brits get killed, but when It's us killing foreign innocents it's just a casualty of war, an accident.

The reason for the media's obsession with reporting how dangerous terrorism apparently is has nothing to do with our safety. It instead justifies the siphoning of oil out of the middle East, and an ever increasing list of bills that allow the government to see everything that we are doing. In America it has got so bad, that in a time of crisis, the government is legally allowed to take control of pretty much anyone and anything, and with a media that is largely controlled by the government and happy to call a crisis at any time whatsoever, you can see why this could be a little worrying.

To me, though, it takes the attention away from the real problems in society, such as the fact that many of us are feeling increasingly alienated, suicidal, and depressed in a country that really has lost touch with what matters. Walk down any street and you can see masses of people who are clearly miserable, and discontent with an unnatural lifestyle which is driving them slowly insane.....

Hehe, hope you enjoyed reading! I personally enjoy my life, and hope you do too! :)

Summary: Don't trust anyone, except your mum...mums rock!