rmanx Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Did anyone hear about this? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-39049459 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sausage Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It was probably a white non muslim perpetrator rmanx....therefore nobody is interested... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 It was probably a white non muslim perpetrator rmanx....therefore nobody is interested... Probably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Yesterday a car crashed into some pedestrians in England. The kind of thing which happens every day all over the world. The BBC 'tweeted' this as a headline. The conspiracy morons on Twitter were all over this immediately - convinced that in reality this was a terrorist incident - but that this was being covered up by the media. After Nice, in their crazy minds, all motor accidents involving pedestrians are now potentially part of series of co-ordinated terrorist incidents which are being covered up. It's a great example of the way in which mad people find patterns where none exist. But an actual terrorist bomb in an Irish town now barely makes the news. It's mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolley Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 It's hardly surprising though when so much has been covered up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Yesterday a car crashed into some pedestrians in England. The kind of thing which happens every day all over the world. The BBC 'tweeted' this as a headline. The conspiracy morons on Twitter were all over this immediately - convinced that in reality this was a terrorist incident - but that this was being covered up by the media. After Nice, in their crazy minds, all motor accidents involving pedestrians are now potentially part of series of co-ordinated terrorist incidents which are being covered up. It's a great example of the way in which mad people find patterns where none exist. But an actual terrorist bomb in an Irish town now barely makes the news. It's mad. Nutters will always be nutters but your last line can be explained by the fact that all we ever seem to hear from the media is 'terror-related incidents' on a daily basis. Society has found a 'new normal' and doesn't find much shocking these days. We could have another 7/7 and we'd be over it within weeks. The human psyche is now insulated to a certain extent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 But its the way those "incidents" are represented in both the media and the collective psyche of the populace. You say "terrorist" and people automatically assume its "Islamic" based. As soon as people find out its not, the interest levels drop exponentially. The Canadian mosque shooting was a good example of this, and even some of the posters here were guilty of it, as people jumped to certain pre-trained response, only to be shown to be wrong about the ethnicity, religion and motives. As a society, including globally, we have been conditioned to view "terrorism" a certain way, for what ever purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lxxx Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 But its the way those "incidents" are represented in both the media and the collective psyche of the populace. You say "terrorist" and people automatically assume its "Islamic" based. As soon as people find out its not, the interest levels drop exponentially. The Canadian mosque shooting was a good example of this, and even some of the posters here were guilty of it, as people jumped to certain pre-trained response, only to be shown to be wrong about the ethnicity, religion and motives. As a society, including globally, we have been conditioned to view "terrorism" a certain way, for what ever purpose. You see, you can talk some sense sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 But its the way those "incidents" are represented in both the media and the collective psyche of the populace. You say "terrorist" and people automatically assume its "Islamic" based. As soon as people find out its not, the interest levels drop exponentially. The Canadian mosque shooting was a good example of this, and even some of the posters here were guilty of it, as people jumped to certain pre-trained response, only to be shown to be wrong about the ethnicity, religion and motives. As a society, including globally, we have been conditioned to view "terrorism" a certain way, for what ever purpose. You see, you can talk some sense sometimes. Depends on the quality of the audience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Society has found a 'new normal' and doesn't find much shocking these days. We could have another 7/7 and we'd be over it within weeks. That's perhaps about how people deal with things. Many carried on having great parties during the London blitz according to people I knew. Even sometimes not bothering to go to the shelters. And Britain carried on Christmas shopping and going to pubs during the terrible IRA campaigns of the mid 70s and 80s. Life didn't fundamentally change. eg - the Balcombe Street Gang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Provisional_IRA's_Balcombe_Street_Gang) and the terrible coach bombing etc. Or all of the other almost daily incidents back then. It's no different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bear Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 PLEASE let's not go back to the IRA era. When I was a kid it was murder, death, kill every single day. It actually left me thinking that the Irish were a terrible people. OK, it turned out they are a terrible people, but in a good way. It's just a very small alcohol fuelled minority that have tarnished the image of Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 and criminals purporting to be motivated by their religion and or how they identify their nationality . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody2 Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 enda kenny is at fault for this calling for a united ireland what was interesting about last weeks meeting was junckers comments "We don't want hard borders between Northern Ireland and Ireland." but he doesn't say anything about a border with the mainland, my guess this will lead to the end of the CTA http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39072611 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmanx Posted February 28, 2017 Author Share Posted February 28, 2017 The IRA (in its various forms) stopped being about an independent Ireland and religious sectarianism a long time ago. its purely an organised criminal movement now interested in making money from drugs, sex trafficking and arms trafficking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paswt Posted February 28, 2017 Share Posted February 28, 2017 Wouldn't be at all surprised , don't forget "protection" and intimidation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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