Sunday, June 04, 2006
Al-Quida 'Inspired'
I've just seen someone from the Canadian Authorities talking about the capture of the terrorist suspects. It seems that the authorities are so desperate to have a nice link between any suspected terrorist and Al-Quida, no doubt to give the story more power and worry the public more. This woman used the phrase "they were Al-Quida inspired".
What on earth does that mean? Absolutely nothing, but she gets to use the words 'Al-Quida', and so everyone's ears prick up and suddenly it becomes a lot more serious - Canada could have been a victim on the scale of 9/11, folks! We should send these lot to the chair now! They may be completely innocent, but they now have something to do with Al-Quida, so they must be the most dangerous people on the planet. Phew!
What on earth does that mean? Absolutely nothing, but she gets to use the words 'Al-Quida', and so everyone's ears prick up and suddenly it becomes a lot more serious - Canada could have been a victim on the scale of 9/11, folks! We should send these lot to the chair now! They may be completely innocent, but they now have something to do with Al-Quida, so they must be the most dangerous people on the planet. Phew!
