Originally Posted by Lyricalis:
“I felt the same way about the mass hysteria. I also really resented the whole approach of the media on it, claiming the entire nation was in mourning. I hate it when people claim to speak on my behalf, especially those scumbags in the media.”
Even when they try very hard not to, the media are full of sh*t. Last week they reported a "Europe-wide manhunt" for the perpetrator of the attack in Germany, when what they meant was that there was a Europe-wide
warrant for his arrest, rather than a 500,000,000 person strong manhunt afoot.
In fact I find almost all reactions to terrorism rather hysterical (obviously not in a funny way!), considering how many
extra deaths they account for; a tiny fraction of 1%. If the number of people killed by falling trees or similar was published I doubt there would be the same sort of hysterical calls to remove "killer trees" from our cities.