Comments on: Terrorism that is personal? http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/11/terrorism-that-is-personal/ and this is our BLOG, where photography, art, audio and journalism collide (sparks may fly)... Tue, 22 May 2012 21:08:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: philip coggan http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/11/terrorism-that-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-6908 philip coggan Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:14:48 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5777#comment-6908 This isn't terrorism - the word 'terrorism' sounds more dramatic, so it gets used, but this is simple assault. Nor is it notably associated with Islam - at the turn of the 20th century acid attacks were the specialty of the suffragettes in England and the Continent. Today they're reasonably common in Southeast Asia (all of it, both the Buddhist and the Islamic parts), and there have been a few cases in Australia. All of which doesn't make this sort of thing any less horrible, but please, avoid cliches. This isn’t terrorism – the word ‘terrorism’ sounds more dramatic, so it gets used, but this is simple assault. Nor is it notably associated with Islam – at the turn of the 20th century acid attacks were the specialty of the suffragettes in England and the Continent. Today they’re reasonably common in Southeast Asia (all of it, both the Buddhist and the Islamic parts), and there have been a few cases in Australia. All of which doesn’t make this sort of thing any less horrible, but please, avoid cliches.

]]> By: Ciara http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/11/terrorism-that-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-6899 Ciara Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:47:22 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5777#comment-6899 it's clearly not a 'Muslim problem' but the perception tends to be that it is a south Asian issue....cases from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the ones I personally have heard about most frequently. obviously that's wrong. it's a problem that is more to do with the view of some idiot men that a woman is their property. I think that sentiment may be more enduring in some societies than in others....as is the wider concept of family honour and dishonour. then again, maybe its just that they think they can get away with it with impunity by buying off the police, or maybe it's just easier to get hold of burny acid there than it is over here. apologies in advance for linking to the evil Daily Mail, but this has happened in the UK as well http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1221077/Katie-Piper-Acid-attack-victim-bravely-shows-face-disfigured-boyfriend-Daniel-Lynch.html there are also examples elsewhere around the world, Ethopia being one of them sadly. No culture, country or religion has a monopoly on idiots unfortunately it’s clearly not a ‘Muslim problem’ but the perception tends to be that it is a south Asian issue….cases from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the ones I personally have heard about most frequently.

obviously that’s wrong.

it’s a problem that is more to do with the view of some idiot men that a woman is their property. I think that sentiment may be more enduring in some societies than in others….as is the wider concept of family honour and dishonour. then again, maybe its just that they think they can get away with it with impunity by buying off the police, or maybe it’s just easier to get hold of burny acid there than it is over here.

apologies in advance for linking to the evil Daily Mail, but this has happened in the UK as well
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1221077/Katie-Piper-Acid-attack-victim-bravely-shows-face-disfigured-boyfriend-Daniel-Lynch.html

there are also examples elsewhere around the world, Ethopia being one of them sadly.

No culture, country or religion has a monopoly on idiots unfortunately

]]> By: duckrabbit http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/11/terrorism-that-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-6898 duckrabbit Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:18:37 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5777#comment-6898 I agree Stan the pictures tell the story. The problem is if people see this as a 'muslim' problem. Clearly its not. I agree Stan the pictures tell the story. The problem is if people see this as a ‘muslim’ problem. Clearly its not.

]]> By: Stan Banos http://duckrabbit.info/blog/2009/11/terrorism-that-is-personal/comment-page-1/#comment-6897 Stan Banos Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:09:13 +0000 http://duckrabbit.info/blog/?p=5777#comment-6897 It's unfortunate that the media has appropriated terrorism to mean a certain kind of violence from a certain group of people. Frankly, I didn't even notice the headline, since I was so taken aback by the subject matter itself. This is as heinous a form of violence as one human being can possibly inflict upon another. Terrorism is exactly what it is meant to be, and very much exactly what it is- delivered on an up close and personal level. Imagine what could be done to end this abomination if those so "resolved" to abolishing terrorism actuslly lived up to that "noble" sound bite. It’s unfortunate that the media has appropriated terrorism to mean a certain kind of violence from a certain group of people. Frankly, I didn’t even notice the headline, since I was so taken aback by the subject matter itself. This is as heinous a form of violence as one human being can possibly inflict upon another. Terrorism is exactly what it is meant to be, and very much exactly what it is- delivered on an up close and personal level. Imagine what could be done to end this abomination if those so “resolved” to abolishing terrorism actuslly lived up to that “noble” sound bite.

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