“There is an unquestionable need for clear thinking about suicide bombing. But thinking is muddied by the powerful emotions of horror and repulsion it properly stirs. Suicide bombing, as anthropologist Talal Asad notes, is not the most deadly weapon even in conflicts where it is endemic. Rather, the suicide attack is among the most effective [...]
Entries Tagged as 'terrorism'
Explosive Reactions
August 3rd, 2007
Tags: de horror · mia bloom · suicide bombing · talal asad · terrorism · violence
Terrorist organization logos
July 9th, 2007
“With so many groups claiming credit for terrorist acts, and so many videotapes being put out featuring men in ski masks, it’s hard to keep track of which group committed what violent act. So terrorist organizations have logos.” Ironic Sans: Terrorist organization logos.
Doctors who kill
July 6th, 2007
“Finally, consider our personalities. Most of us are grounded, normal people. But messianic and visionary delusions come naturally with the medical territory. The everyday business of medicine creates a god complex in some practitioners that first blinds them, and then seduces them to view their deviltry as noble work toward higher purposes.” Regina Dwyer: Doctors [...]
Why Terrorism Doesn’t Work
July 3rd, 2007
Bruce Schneier: “This is an interesting paper on the efficacy of terrorism: This study analyzes the political plights of twenty-eight terrorist groups — the complete list of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs) as designated by the U.S. Department of State since 2001. The data yield two unexpected findings. First, the groups accomplished their forty-two policy objectives [...]
How war was turned into a brand
June 16th, 2007
Naomi Klein: “Israel’s economy isn’t booming despite the political chaos that devours the headlines but because of it.”
Tags: branding · economy · israel · naomi klein · terrorism · war on terror
Lijden, strijden, heilig worden
June 14th, 2007
Jolande Withuis: “Moslimaterrorisme – dit nieuwe woord zal velen in de oren klinken als een contradictio in terminis. Dat is ten onrechte, en gevaarlijk naïef. De gangbare associatie van vrouwen met vreedzaamheid en harmonie is een fabeltje. Het is weliswaar vrij zeldzaam dat vrouwen terroristische aanslagen plegen, maar onbekend is het verschijnsel niet.” (via)
Second Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semi-Finalists
June 5th, 2007
Bruce Schneier: “Well, the submissions are in; the blog entry has 334 comments. I’ve read them all, and here are the semi-finalists: (…)”
Whatever it takes. The politics of the man behind “24.”
February 13th, 2007
The New Yorker: “Since September 11th, depictions of torture have become much more common on American television. Before the attacks, fewer than four acts of torture appeared on prime-time television each year, according to Human Rights First, a nonprofit organization. Now there are more than a hundred, and, as David Danzig, a project director at [...]
Tags: 24 · de horror · human rights · terrorism · torture · tv · usa