"mass murder on an unimaginable scale" - scaremongering rhetoric or apt assessment?

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I'm sure many of you have been following today's ongoing story of the foiled bomb plot in the UK.
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Looking at some of the official government rhetoric describing the plot and particularly the quote in the question title, do you not think that this wording is possibly 'amplified' to instill a sense of fear in the citizen population? Fear whose influence may or may not lead to future public backing of new or existing anti-terror policies/interventions by the UK government?
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I am not denying the fact that these terrorists exist and that they need to be dealt with, and I am all for tackling radicalism in our communities with and from all ends of the spectrum, but at the same time I'm aware that our governments are no angels either and that there are often hidden agendas.
Lond story to make a short point...sorry about that.
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So what do you think?
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*By Andrew E from http://www.tenth-circle.com

@ Me-as-a-Tree - Thanks for reading between the lines and keeping an open mind about things. It's quite hard to come by around here.
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I have seen that video you linked to, and while I find alot of the reasoning sound I don't really trust either of the versions of truth. Both have vested interests in other ends than transparency. But as a means to explore and question an event that has largely been taken for granted as the summit of all evil it is definitely worth watching.

Answer 1

I agree with you Andrew. There are very few details about the alleged "plot" being offered, but tons of them for the reaction/solution. What the other answers here don't see, is that the fear inspiring hype over this, seems almost to be the point of it. "Terrorists" are planning to mix unspecified liquids on board an unspecified plane to be exploded on an unspecified date, and we are to have the fear of "unimaginable" mass murder? No, there's something not right about this. This is just another step towards the retreat of civil liberties, and what we used to call freedom. Soon, everyone will be required to be searched because of this story.

They did manage to tell us that the plane was to be bound for the USA, though. (How could they know this? They don't even know the date for which it was planned?) And George Bush personally assured the USA today that this confirms that the USA is under threats by "terrorists", and that we "live in a dangerous world, and your government will protect you". All I can think is that if they wanted to yank our chains again, this sure would be a good way to do it.

(If you haven't seen this yet, please check it out: www.loosechange911.com )

Answer 2

The idea of blowing up airplanes in midair that can be carrying hundreds of passengers (depending on the plane) each multiplied by however many planes they managed to get on is definitly mass murder and of innocents as there is absolutely no pretense of this being a military target. Just think - we still have people supporting these animals.

Answer 3

Wow. What would you call blowing up planes filled with innocent civilians? Amazing.