I wrote a bit more on this (actually I meant to earlier yet I didn't have the time). I wanted to go and write the history of such attacks yet for each 'major' attack I would find a handful of 'minor' attacks, all decided upon by the thing that is media. It left me cursing humanity more then when I started...
In Russia there have been a lot of terrorist attacks, but reporting of them in the US media is sporadic. Same with India and Thailand.
This unfortunately contributes to the false impression many people have, that jihadists almost exclusively target the West. Any non-Muslim population, or even Muslims who are of the wrong sect or too moderate, can be a target.
Please be on-topic and read the comments policy. Spam, trolls, and fight-pickers will be deleted. If you don't have a Blogspot account and aren't sure how to comment, please see here. Fair warning: anything supporting transgender ideology, or negative toward Brexit, or in favor of a military draft or compulsory national service, will be deleted. I am not obligated to provide a platform for views I find morally abhorrent.
On work days there is likely to be a substantial delay in approving comments, since I can't do blog stuff in an office. For this I apologize.
Individualist, pro-technology, pro-democracy, anti-religion. I speak only for myself and not for any ideology, movement, or party. It has been my great good fortune to live my whole life free of "spirituality" of any kind. I believe that evidence and reason are the keys to understanding reality; that technology rather than ideology or politics has been the great liberator of humanity; and that in the long run, human intelligence is the most powerful force in the universe.
2 Comments:
I wrote a bit more on this (actually I meant to earlier yet I didn't have the time). I wanted to go and write the history of such attacks yet for each 'major' attack I would find a handful of 'minor' attacks, all decided upon by the thing that is media. It left me cursing humanity more then when I started...
In Russia there have been a lot of terrorist attacks, but reporting of them in the US media is sporadic. Same with India and Thailand.
This unfortunately contributes to the false impression many people have, that jihadists almost exclusively target the West. Any non-Muslim population, or even Muslims who are of the wrong sect or too moderate, can be a target.
Post a Comment
Please be on-topic and read the comments policy. Spam, trolls, and fight-pickers will be deleted. If you don't have a Blogspot account and aren't sure how to comment, please see here. Fair warning: anything supporting transgender ideology, or negative toward Brexit, or in favor of a military draft or compulsory national service, will be deleted. I am not obligated to provide a platform for views I find morally abhorrent.
On work days there is likely to be a substantial delay in approving comments, since I can't do blog stuff in an office. For this I apologize.
<< Home