It is our fear that makes someone undertake a terrorist act an extremley drastic step. This is true and similar in between the local extortionist, the corrupt policeman and the Al-Qaeeda. They all depend on our fear to succeed in their activities / mission. It is only our fear that caves us in to their demands.
The easiest way to defeat terrorism is accept it without fearing or a fluttered reaction. (Believe me I have come to realize that the most difficult problems tend to have the simplest solutions, which needless to say are extremely difficult to implement).
Here is how we may start doing this (This does not advocate stopping preventive steps towards terrorism, this proposed reaction is post terrorist act.),
• Accept their act as a matter of normal incident (at the rate it is happening anyway it is becoming normal).
• Support the victims in the best way possible
• People should not flutter and get on with their lives (Indians across the country has managed to do this at alarming simplicity)
• The government and media should talk about it as a normal incident and forget about it the next minute (particularly the opposition parties). The last thing you want to do is politicize the issue and divide the masses. The calm response has to be from one and ALL. This is the most difficult step.
Terrorist are a lot like children, when given no attention to their antics they will stop the antics. It is not profitable or advisable to continue something which is not paying back.
If their acts aren’t terrorizing anyone OR aren’t dividing the masses then they are useless.
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