[MD] thought on terrorism

[Arlo Bensinger]

[Platt]
Actually the fear topping the least for those on the left is fear of 
O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Fox News and conservative politicians, a fear 
they pander to at every opportunity. :-)

[Arlo]
The left has its own fear-agenda, it is not only the right that 
panders to nightmare. But while the right denounces the fears of the 
left, and the left denounces the fears of the right, yet meanwhile 
BOTH exploit their own nightmares, any real attempt at solution is 
quelched under the weight of the nightmare iceberg. Whether it is 
valid environmental or valid immigration or valid healthcare (in both 
directions) concerns, each side seems more eager to prove their own 
nightmare scenarios and belittle the side than actually move towards 
solutions for the good of all.

Or take the war (please!). The radical left wants to paint the right 
as the sole aggressor (George Bush is a terrorist). The radical right 
wants to paint the left as aiding and abetting terrorists (Democrats 
want to surrender to terrorists). And meanwhile the war rages on and 
on and on and on.

And in between is a population (a world population) so accustomed to 
the fear rhetoric of the nightmare politicians and their propaganda 
machines, that we see boogeymen under every bed and enemy hordes 
coming over every hill; an enemy often defined simply as "those who 
are not like me".

But what do I know, I'm just a commie who loves squelching DQ at 
every opportunity.