Terrorism: Paranoia and the Internet Essay -- Terror Terrorists Web Cy

Terrorism Paranoia and the InternetMy third edition American inheritance dictionary defines paranoia as a psychotic disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur. Having looked that up, Im not sure paranoia is the right label for what Im slightly to write about or at least, it is not the only label. I think, specifically regarding terrorist act (by maybe more generally as well), the idea of paranoia blurs and blends at its boundaries amongst propaganda (the systematic propagation of a doctrine or cause) and precept (a corpus of doctrines set forth by a pietism or an authoritative principle or belief, esp. one considered to be utterly true) and sensationalism (the use of lurid or exaggerated matter, esp. in writing, journalism, or politics). Differentiating amongst these is more difficult than I would have imagined in front I began reading and researching on the Internet.The first Internet text I would like to consider comes from the Christian Broadcasting Netw orks website (www.cbn.com). It is the text of a crushed leather release Pat Robertsons Statement Regarding Terrorist Attack. Pat Robertson explains the reason for the horrific events of kinfolk 11th. our nations great cities and innocent people were ravished, according to Robertson, because God has lifted His protection from us. why? Robertson answers by condemning Americas capitalist economy, condemning Americas foundation in the rights to reposition speech and expression, condemning those Americans who support a womans right to choose, and condemning the American governments enforcement of the separation of church and state. To me, Robertsons ideas, further exemplified in the following excerpts, seem unconditional and sensationalistAll over ... ...Government, and how to organize violent militia groups. The motion facing us, as an open society, is how to respond to the most controversial and native uses of this new technology, this electronic, global Gutenberg printing pres s that turns all citizens into publishers who can cut into thousands and even millions of people around the country and the world. I think the tactual sensation that fear is the goal of terrorists is of central importance to this issue. Terrorists ask, strive, aim to incite terror. They want fear, anxiousness, and paranoia to fester amongst their targets. So, maybe it is the case that media and Internet abet this sense of paranoia except in any case, it is the goal of the terrorists. And in a terrifyingly successful terrorist attack like that of September 11th, it makes sense that the nation would be left in a state of shock, terror, and paranoia.