Terror!

Networks are so good at it. Why shouldn’t they: it’s their job. During the the last days one particular American network has been talking about Paris only (literally). Am I blaming it? No, wherefore it means the audience required it to do so. But it also makes me think, a lot. I can condone it, but only if there is a constant flow of real, new facts coming in (like sadly Saint-Denis this early morning). I mean, we’re animals with natural human reactions immediately responding, instinctively, to horror and terror. It triggers our number one surviving response: preserve our life. Gosh! Networks are SO good at it, most probably there are dozens of advisors behind them. And there you have exactly what the terrorists want. FIRST winning for them! Someone understands it, someone doesn’t, someone else like me understands but nevertheless is more or less obsessed with it anyway. But we’re only regular people “after all”, come on.

It’s worrying when politicians (see my post “Electoral promises”) declare publicly that this is an attempt to destroy our civilization. Voilà: DOUBLE winning for the terrorists! How can a politician be so brainless? How could ISIS destroy our culture, our values, our civilization? No Nation will ever be conquered by ISIS, not even Syria. President Holland is the master of all politicians, having said they’re “at war”. Against who?! A bunch of weak perpetrators? You declare war to a Nation not to a Caliphate, you don’t dignify it with the name of war. Voilà: TRIPLE winning for the terrorists! I admire John kerry, he has never used the word “war” and he defines ISIS merely as an “entity”, which IT IS, by the way.

I have a very open mind, but there’s a limit for everything. At least in front of such an act of terror, politicians should stop pretending to lead. They should be REAL leaders instead and maybe also returning to be real human beings. Like us: why does the way of conduct must always come from The People? I’ve been to Paris. I love it. I also loved when Parisians decided to return to normality Monday morning: what a beautiful response to terror from beautiful people of a beautiful Country.

Still, one particular network hasn’t got it yet.

….Always humble,

Angiolino