Unafraid. Internet answers terror.

[greenman3610]

http://www.werenotafraid.com/

We're Not Afraid

The Internet forever changes the way we respond to events such as the London tube bombing. International solidarity is no longer limited to statements from politicians. Symbols of defiance and resolution are no longer only found at ground zero.

We're Not Afraid is a website which appeared earlier today, and consists solely of image sent in from London and around the world of people holding signs saying, simply, "we are not afraid." Alfie Dennen started the site and posted the first image; there are now several dozen pictures, and the site continues to grow.

[PA Mamma]

1. Well, I'm afraid n/t

[SoCalDem]

2. Love this one

[LiberalAndProud]

3. Do terrorists lose if they fail to provoke terror?

I think they've been handed a solid trouncing.

[rman]

4. Do world leaders lose if they fail to instill fear?

The Power of Nightmares - the rise of the politics of fear.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/3755686.stm

[rman]

5. Those people seem to think terrorism actually is the bigger problem,

i think they are misguided.

I for one am not impressed by the scaremongering of Bush and the governments - and the media - that support him.

[greenman3610]

6. I think what's important here

is not WHAT you are afraid of.

For tyrants like Bush, for fanatics like Osama, the
point is THAT you're afraid. That is the energy
they feed on.

[CJCRANE]

7. I agree

Let's wait til the dead are counted and identified before making generic statements. Then let's wait to see what the police say about who did it. Then let's listen to the victim's relatives, they're the ones caught up in this.

[Spinzonner]

8. Well, that's really just bravado

WHich is hardly the same thing as bravery.

I think the people who have actually lived through these events are the only ones in a position to makes such statements, one way or another. And I think many wiould admit they WERE afraid - and with good reason.

And, keep in mind, the terrorists haven't upped the ante yet. We haven't seen something like a dirty bomb or a mass poisoning yet.