(Yesterday, 07:08 PM)MalevolentTwitch Wrote: There is a difference though... Calling something a "Mass Stabbing" or a "Mass Shooting" or a "Bombing"
when that is what it is, is actually and factually correct. What I am attempting to draw attention to is the
flawed idea that the weapon used is somehow more important than the hand that wields it...
Of course and I should've enlarged on the realities of how information that is relayed to the public must
adhere to the rational inference that it is the human that commits the crime, not the weapon. The down
-side is that it may inadvertently urge certain politically-influenced media-outlets to stereotype a person
committing such offences, something that could also effect ratings.
It's now being reported that the 32 year-old individual who's suspected of alighting the fourth carriage
of a commuter train on a Saturday night with a knife and attacked a number of people, cried out "The
Devil Is Not Going To Win!"
Obviously with all the lawlessness being reported in the UK, he is!
Addendum:
The point I was making was due to the manner of responding to information delivered by an accepted
courier of we've been daily informed is an 'accurate' source. Someone attacks people on a train with
a weapon and with hurried visuals and serious tone, the few members of the public that still listen to
these established broadcasters might wonder where their world is heading.
Suggestions and speculation are abound on these institutionalised outlets to keep the incident relevant
until another distraction can be promoted, but remember, there's always the caveat inserted that similar
conjecture on social-media is a bad thing. 'We can say things, but you can't... 'cos of free-speech and
all that'.
As the facts are slowly supplied by the emergency services, the narrative of the mainstream media continues
down the road of avoiding the topic of self-responsibility and the dwindling concept of high social standards.
When it comes to the MSM, the reality of what actually occurred will never be confronted
It's only an island if you look at it from the water.