I have the power (at last)
17 July 2005. Inspired by a marvellous documentary.
"A society that believes in nothing is particularly frightened by people who believe in anything."
As someone who doesn't Torrent, I was delighted to see the Internet Archive distributing the acclaimed BBC series from last year, The Power of Nightmares. And it's even more pleasing to see that, unlike, say, Stupid White Men, subsequent terror attacks haven't in the slightest affected the strength of its argument. I'm very much looking forward to tracking down Adam Curtis' Pandora's Box as a follow up.
The Power of Nightmares was famously edited to a single feature-length documentary for Cannes, which may or may not get distributed in friendly nations. Me, I want it edited into a longer, six-part series. Much predictable "pinko Brits" counterargument available on the net if you want it; Wikipedia's article answers much of the more reasoned criticism. My feelings? The Precautionary Principle is essential for emergency services, but, in the logical conclusion to its own premise, is best kept out of politicians' reach in case they do something terrible with it.
Here's your link so go click and start your further education in Islamist and neocon philosophy. (And I'd like to apologise to the owner of my local open wifi node. It was the terrorists wot stole your bandwidth.)