al qeada's white army of terror

[egb_hibs]

journalists have to go the extra mile to bring out my inner noam chomsky, but this 'article' really does plumb the depths of substanceless panic mongering.

article: http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com...ror.3667425.jp

where do these numbers come from? who are these sources? what kind of staggering ratios of muslim converts do we expect to become homicidal nuts, and where do we get those ratios from - converts being on average more committed is a fair point, but fuck me if anything like 'two fifths' of muslims were this way inclined, the west would have been blootered a long time ago.

what fear mongering nonsense.

[BurbankHibee]

I didn't get past the first 2 paragraphs. I was lucky to get past the flippin' headline "Al-Qaeda's white army of terror"

[Stanton Warrior]

Originally Posted by BurbankHibee

I didn't get past the first 2 paragraphs. I was lucky to get past the flippin' headline "Al-Qaeda's white army of terror"

Likewise. Pash!!!

[Northern Ireland Hibby]

Judging purely by the various links from here over the years, I have never seen an article in The Scotsman I've been impressed by, and I've never seen an EEN article which was even half-decent.

[Stirlinghibee]

"Goldstein's book hints that, in fact, there may not actually be a war. The only view of the outside world presented in the novel is through Oceania's media, which has an obvious tendency to exaggerate and even fabricate "facts", and the rocket bombs ostensibly fired by the enemy. Goldstein's book suggests that the three superpowers may not actually be warring, and as Oceania's media provide completely unbelievable news reports on impossibly long military campaigns and victories (including a ridiculously large campaign in the Sahara desert), it can be suggested that the war is a lie. Julia even goes so far as to suggest that the rocket bombs that land on London are launched by the Party from other parts of Oceania."

Sums up the GWOT for me.

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

[Green Sleeves]

Originally Posted by Stennyhibee

"Goldstein's book hints that, in fact, there may not actually be a war. The only view of the outside world presented in the novel is through Oceania's media, which has an obvious tendency to exaggerate and even fabricate "facts", and the rocket bombs ostensibly fired by the enemy. Goldstein's book suggests that the three superpowers may not actually be warring, and as Oceania's media provide completely unbelievable news reports on impossibly long military campaigns and victories (including a ridiculously large campaign in the Sahara desert), it can be suggested that the war is a lie. Julia even goes so far as to suggest that the rocket bombs that land on London are launched by the Party from other parts of Oceania."

Sums up the GWOT for me.

WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

Totally agree, and thanks for digging out that Orwell quote.

1984 was a scarily accurate work of speculation.

[egb_hibs]

that's the leap i don't get; a newspaper talks sensationalist guff to sell some copies, ergo there is no threat at all, it's all manufactured.

it doesn't have to be one or the other chaps.