{"id":4582,"date":"2017-06-04T12:16:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-04T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4582"},"modified":"2017-06-04T12:16:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-04T12:16:09","slug":"londonbridge-hysteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=4582","title":{"rendered":"#LondonBridge Hysteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before we get onto the hysteria part of this semi-coherent rant, let me emphasise that last night&#8217;s attacks were terrible and that having religious nut-jobs (if that is confirmed; whilst it seems probable it could still be a false flag incident) running around attacking ordinary people on a night out is despicable.<\/p>\n<p>But some of the reactions on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LondonBridge&amp;src=tyah\">#LondonBridge<\/a> were pretty disgusting; whilst some were posting offers to house people stranded because of the attack, others were leaping to conclusions and demanding some actions :-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many including the orange idiot were demanding the travel ban. Which would stop none of the terrorist incidents perpetrated by domestic muslims; and most of these incidents are by domestic muslims. The main outcome of a travel ban would be to alienate those targeted by the ban, and alienation is the first step on the road to radicalisation.<\/li>\n<li>Blaming the whole of islam for the terrorism. With the muslim nurses, doctors treating the injured, the muslim taxi-drivers taking people home for free, the muslim shop-keepers opening up and offering food, drink, and a place to stay, there were more acts of kindness by muslims last night than there were acts of terror. Or are you going to blame all christians for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_terrorism\">christian terrorism<\/a>?<\/li>\n<li>Bizarrely bringing the Paris Accords into this incident.<\/li>\n<li>Demanding action without specifying what action. Action is of course taking place each and every day, but terrorism is extremely difficult to stop.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only mistake muslim made on the twitter last night was to claim that the terrorists were not muslims; that&#8217;s the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/No_true_Scotsman\">No True Scotsman<\/a> fallacy. It would be far more effective to claim that these terrorists are muslim\u00a0<em>heretics<\/em> (or whatever equivalent term you would prefer).<\/p>\n<p>Whilst the events last night were terrible, it is also important to take them in context &#8211; if you were to add up all the deaths and injuries from terrorist incidents they would amount to a small fraction of the deaths caused in London each year by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/what-we-do\/environment\/pollution-and-air-quality\/health-and-exposure-pollution\">air pollution<\/a> (estimated at around 9,000 a year). Or to go the other way, one terrorist incident caused perhaps two day&#8217;s worth of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/580347\/Road-deaths-UK-research\">traffic accidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That does not mean we should not take action against potential terrorists, but neither should we over-react and respond with actions that punish the innocent as well as the guilty.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4584\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tea-break.jpg?resize=550%2C392&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tea-break.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/really.zonky.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/tea-break.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before we get onto the hysteria part of this semi-coherent rant, let me emphasise that last night&#8217;s attacks were terrible and that having religious nut-jobs (if that is confirmed; whilst it seems probable it could still be a false flag incident) running around attacking ordinary people on a night out is despicable. 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