If I were to endorse Chinese activities without giving the rationale, I would have no fear.
Fear arises only if one does not endorse the happenings that create the fear!
An ostrich with its head in the sand, has no fear!
If I were to endorse Chinese activities without giving the rationale, I would have no fear.
Fear arises only if one does not endorse the happenings that create the fear!
An ostrich with its head in the sand, has no fear!
Last edited by Ray; 06-03-2012 at 06:17 PM.
Has anyone here "endorsed Chinese activities"?
Rational assessment of threat needn't produce fear. There's room for disagreement on the extent and nature of threat, but reasonable disagreement is not advanced by panic or hysteria.
Last edited by Dayuhan; 06-04-2012 at 01:41 AM.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
But well-crafted and focused panic and hysteria are excellent tools for building project support and raising funds.Originally Posted by Dayuhan
A moral panic is caused when an issue threatens the perceived social and the world order.
Panic is also often caused when an issue is perceived to threaten that order. The question in that case is whether or not that perception is reasonable. Jedburgh says it well:
When somebody wants us to be afraid, there's a very good chance that they're trying to sell something. Always good to take a deep breath and calmly assess the extent to which the alleged issue actually does threaten the social and world order, or any fraction of that order.well-crafted and focused panic and hysteria are excellent tools for building project support and raising funds.
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
When some one tries to sell aggressive intent as a peaceful one, then that does indicate an agenda/ collaborator!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...googlenews_wsj
Good reasons to be circumspect.
Reactions would hardly be termed as panic to those who are interested in ensuring their national interests is not sold off by peaceniks!
Last edited by Ray; 06-05-2012 at 06:41 PM.
Overselling a threat can also be collaboration with an agenda, willing or unwilling. Whose national interests, if anyone's, are being "sold off by peaceniks"?
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary”
H.L. Mencken
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