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Originally Posted by AussieTrooper
So you pretend it doesn't exist and hope it goes away.
This refusal to acknowledge reality, prevented the police handing over the Lindt café terrorist attack to those better suited to handle it. The result was not a good one.
You can never prevent something unless you acknowledge and understand what led to it. They've already achieved what they wanted regardless of what you decide to call it.
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You make a large leap to say I pretend it does not exist and hope it goes away. I dont know why you need say that other than you wish to avoid considering the merit of taking away the prime tool of a terrorist which must be the publicity of their cause.
They break the law so treat them as a common criminal and remove their opportunity to make headline news.
I simply suggest that you play into the terrorist hands by giving them any recognition. Is there is any doubt that they act to gain publicity for their cause and to be recognised within their group as some kind of hero.
Treat them as the criminals they are and deny them their claim to fame by ignoring why.
Do we get front page news when a drunk runs down inoccent folk ...a situation up here a chap killed three people whilst disqualified from driving and under the influence of drugs, do you know to what I refer...of course not he is a criminal now serving time. And such is not issolated it happens far to regularly and far more than terrorist acts.
No one wanted to hear that the drug affected disqualified driver had a poor childhood or he lost his job or whatever stupid reason he may present for driving to endanger and kill.
But if he said he did it for a political cause he would be showered with recognition both good and bad.
His world view was not and need not be mentioned, but no doubt if it was there would be folk who would say they could see he had a problem because he lost his job and was driven to drugs...whatever...who cares he committed a crime his reasons are irrelevant.. His problem is irrelevant and the cause of the terrorist should be treated as irrelevant...
Why do you think these folk do these terrible things and if you cant think why let me suggest it is simply for the attention they know terrorism gets over drunken drivers.
I know it is an emotive issue and all I suggest is what seems to me a sensible way to steal their thunder.
As to calling in a swat team I dont think it turns upon the question of is this a terrorist attack or not, nor does it need to as clearly there are situations that call for swat type teams and their need to be called in presumably could be determined by any police officer as I assume they would receive direction as to the circumstances to call in a swat team.
I really believe that a would be terrorist may think twice about doing anything if his cause will not get publicity.
And so many of these terrorists are obviously nutters so take away their opportunity to claim their cause is behind their action and I bet they would see their action as unproductive and faced with getting no more recognition than that of a mere criminal perhaps would abandon their plans because they are not going to get the publicity.
Certainly my approach would minimise copy cat attacks.
Each attack receives publicity and I suspect it probably would encourage others who see gaining publicity in this way the way to go.
Do you not think that there is any merit in my approach?
Alex
