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Weapon of the Weak

Author:   Stephen Waters  
Posted: 3/2/06; 9:20:19 AM
Topic: Weapon of the Weak
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Weapon of the Weak
Editorial cartoonists Cox and Forkum explain that the "challenge was to depict a fear of physical harm from the TV's imagery, as opposed to merely a desire to avoid viewing it. They quote The Intellectual Activist publisher Robert Tracinski who writes:WeaponofweakThumb:
Terrorism is the weapon of those who are weak -- weak materially, weak in numbers, weak in ideological support. And precisely for that reason, terrorism is a weak weapon, an ineffective tactic that does not actually empower its perpetrators to achieve any substantial military objective.
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Posted by Stephen Waters on 3/2/06; 9:24:55 AM from the Pointers Dept. Permanent link: #   

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