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”

 

• Doctor who led us to bin Laden was CIA agent, says US

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  Imprisoned Pakistani ran fake health scheme to get DNA evidence that al-Qa’ida leader was in house independent.co.uk/David Randall/29 Jan 2012 The United States has confirmed publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor long suspected of collecting vital evidence before the assassination of Osama bin ...
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• Rehman Malik meets Interpol chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday met Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble in Dubai and discussed the regional security situation, a media report said.Malik appreciated the efforts undertaken by the global policing agency.He said the organisation’s enhanced database on ...
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• Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  Pentagon Seeks Mightier Bomb vs. Iran : WASHINGTON—Pentagon war planners have concluded that their largest conventional bomb isn’t yet capable of destroying Iran’s most heavily fortified underground facilities, and are stepping up efforts to make it more powerful, according to U.S. officials briefed on the ...
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• A family divided after CIA operative’s death

  
  TruthNews.us — Authority: 118
  Washington Post | An inside glimpse into the twisted world of a CIA agent, allegedly killed in action in 2009
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• To avoid some serious de-furring and bloodletting

  
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  To avoid some serious de-furring and bloodletting all over your clean floor on my part, a little help in removing kitteh from my bed please? rill, ai lubs mai bed and i needs it bak 4 important stuffs. Tagged: bed , blood , cat , mixed breed , shih tzu , terror ...
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• Muslim pilot fired over fears he might copy 9/11

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  London, Jan 29 (IANS) A Muslim pilot working for a well-known British carrier has said he was fired because his bosses feared he might copy the Sep 11 terror attack.The London-based pilot — who was not named for legal reasons — was judged a security risk after the discovery of his link to [...]
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• Ex-Diplomat: US Knew About Argentina Baby Thefts

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  Associated Press/Debora Rey/28 Jan 12 A former U.S. diplomat testified Thursday that American officials knew Argentina’s military regime was taking babies from dead or jailed dissidents during its “dirty war” against leftists in the 1970s, and it appeared to be a systematic effort at the time. Elliot Abrams ...
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• Hundreds arrested at Occupy Oakland; protesters break into City Hall

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 126
  Hundreds arrested at Occupy Oakland; protesters break into City Hall : OAKLAND — Police arrested about 300 people Saturday as Occupy Oakland protesters were thwarted trying to take over a vacant convention center and a YMCA but later broke into City Hall, where they burned a flag taken from inside. Police used ...
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• Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think

  
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• Why Britain no longer cares when Continental democracy is crushed?

  
  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
  The question in this blogs headline, if it is really a question rather than a bold statement that quite inexplicably has a question mark at the end, is beyond the ability of this blogger to even begin to address. I have perhaps lived too long beyond the borders of the UK to have any grasp of what has happened. The ...
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• German annexation of Greece

  
  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
  Many thanks to a reader who has forwarded me this posting from Zero Hedge , only a part of which is posted below albeit the entire posting being of huge importance: Greece Politely Declines German Annexation Demands Tyler Durdens picture Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/28/2012 12:29 -0500 Following yesterdays ...
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• Carnival Cruises Sued Over Shipwreck

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 449
  Plaintiffs claim ‘terror of catastrophic injury, death.’
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• US Media learning of the Troika ultimatum to Greece

  
  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
  The Washington Post has an exceedingly brief report, linked here , appearing thirty odd minutes ago. CNN cariies a longer report, linked here , with the headline "Call for EU to control Greek budget" if only that were all! More detail of the list of "prior actions" mentioned in my earlier postings of today comes ...
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• Troikas Terror for Greece

  
  Ironies Too — Authority: 127
  The leaders of the three political parties that allowed ECB plant Lucas Papademos to be installed as Prime Minister of their country by the Troika are being subjected to pressure this afternoon to sign away the remains of their countrys independence and sovereignty without time limit . Read the report in ...
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• Sources: Ron Paul approved the content of his newsletters, proofed each one

  
  Under the Mountain Bunker & Coffee Shop — Authority: 132
  via:  ryking  – Ron Paul signed off on racist newsletters in the 1990s, associates say [P]eople close to Paul’s operations said he was deeply involved in the company that produced the newsletters, Ron Paul & Associates, and closely monitored its operations, signing off on articles and speaking to ...
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• Pakistan: Taliban deploying deadlier explosives, including chemical weapons

  
  Infidels Are Cool — Authority: 455
  It was only a matter of time, as each attack against the free people, by islamists, has been bigger and deadlier than the last. Taliban Bombs Get Deadlier PESHAWAR, Jan 20, 2012 ( IPS ) – In their efforts to kill and injure more people as part of a terror campaign in northern Pakistan, the Taliban militia have ...
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• 2 troops killed in Kurram blast

  
  Pakistan Views — Authority: 122
  A roadside blast killed 2 Pakistani troops when it exploded in the Jogi region of the northwestern Kurram tribal area, close to the Afghanistan border, a regional security official says. Army and paramilitary soldiers launched operation in the area about a month back and revealed to have killed over 250 militants. ...
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• For Newt, ‘World War III’ Is Just the Beginning

  
  Danger Room — Authority: 731
  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: 429
  War by other means Aijaz Zaka Syed Here’s a brief history lesson. At the height of World War II, when Hitler’s Germany was swallowing one mighty European nation after another without so much as a hiccup, Britain got so desperate for the US help that it resorted to all sorts of tricks to get the [...]
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• Boko Haram’s identities unknown, says Nigeria’s president – video

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Boko Haram’s identities unknown, says Nigeria’s president – video The Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, explains the difficulties of establishing a dialogue with Islamist terror group Boko Haram published date:Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:38:41 GMT
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