terror

Terror is the emotion a person feels when they sense danger is around the corner. When experienced, terror can cause a "fight or flight response," which is our body's natural response that prepares us to "fight" or "flee" from an attack or perceived threat.

Terror is used in a lot of different ways in today's society. People with political objectives use terror to influence the masses, both by imposing it and protecting us from it. In 9-11, many believe the terrorists used terror in an attempt to topple our financial system. The response to 9-11 was a war on terror to protect us from it. Some religious groups rationalize that terror is justified to be used as a tool to right wrongs committed against their particular group.

In the modern media — bloggers, the press, television and the movies all use terror as a central theme in many of their productions. From the news headlines to Hollywood, terror is used to get a story across, whether it is to express a point of view or tell a fictional story. Given the state of the world today, there is little doubt terror will be used to achieve a lot of different goals in today's society.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “terror”

• in Film
  Where Is Dr. Blood’s Coffin?
  “There is horror in a small Cornish village when a disbarred [sic] doctor starts performing grafting experiments…” Maybe they meant “defrocked”…
  by missbobetier / on Nov 20, 2011
• in Film
  No Midnight Snacking When You Watch Deadtime Stories, Volume 2
  Now I lay me down to rest, but there's a goblin on my chest…
  by missbobetier / on Sep 20, 2011
• in Politics
  The Tragedy of 9/11/01 — in Perspective
  Let's tally up the dead and wonder why only SOME are memorialized.
  by parkypundit / on Sep 10, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “terror”

 

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  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
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• Troikas Terror for Greece

  
  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
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• Sources: Ron Paul approved the content of his newsletters, proofed each one

  
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• Pakistan: Taliban deploying deadlier explosives, including chemical weapons

  
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  Danger Room — Authority: 732
  Photo: Gage Skidmore /Flickr Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a large part of the news media. The former House speaker and presidential hopeful wants to bomb a significant part of the planet, too. Gingrich is on the record favoring American military intervention from ...
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• “The brazen, in-your-face hypocrisy of it all makes you sick”

  
  Therearenosunglasses's Weblog — Authority: 430
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• Boko Haram’s identities unknown, says Nigeria’s president – video

  
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• AMERICA IS NOT BOTSWANA

  
  Pandaemonium — Authority: 474
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• Muslim yells “allahu akbar” as he shoots up The Pentagon. News media says motive unclear.

  
  Barbados Free Press — Authority: 415
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• Getting Rid of ‘Anti-Israel’ Presidents

  
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• Navy SEALS to Terrorists: I Blast If I Have To

  
  Boudica BPI Weblog — Authority: 433
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• LEAVE IT UP TO JEFF FOXWORTHY—-

  
  Boudica BPI Weblog — Authority: 433
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• Pak Troops kill 20 militants in Kurram Agency

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 122
  A govt official says security forces have killed at least 20 militants after coming under strike close to the Afghan border. Wajid Khan tells 22 soldiers were also injured in Thursday’s gunbattle in the northwestern Kurram tribal area. He tells the fighting started when a group of militants attacked a security post. ...
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• East Africa Is the New Epicenter of America’s Shadow War

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
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• US/Israel: Iran NOT Building Nukes

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
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  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
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