{"id":128882,"date":"2015-11-18T08:35:28","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T15:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/terrorisms-goal.html"},"modified":"2015-11-22T10:41:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T17:41:05","slug":"terrorisms-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/11\/18\/terrorisms-goal.html","title":{"rendered":"Terrorism's goal"},"content":{"rendered":"

It works if we give in to their demands. It works if we give in to the demands of our base instincts. It's almost a win-win, unless we are very, very careful.<\/p>\n

(Worked up this graphic the other day for WIST, and thought it a cool enough Doctorow quote to want to share more broadly.)<\/p>\n

Originally shared by +Quotations – WIST – Wish I’d Said That<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Terrorism’s goal is to commit frightening, high-profile crimes that scare people into making rash, expensive decisions that make the world look like the terrorists would like to see it.<\/p>\n

— Cory Doctorow<\/b> (b. 1971) Canadian-British blogger, journalist, activist, author
“How terrorists trick Western governments in doing their work for them,” Boingboing.net (16 Nov 2015)<\/p>\n

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