How terror threats have changed my outlook on life.

[jean2579]

During the period of the Martin Place siege at the Lindt cafe, my son, DIL and infant granddaughter were in lock up in seperate buildings for many hours.
I was terrified until I found out that they were safe.
Last week they were again locked down when another siege threat was made in Phillip Street.
This time I was merely concerned, not terrified.
When and how did the unthinkable in this country become the acceptable.
That in itself is terrifying.

[idlewhile]

That saw him off.

[gleee58]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

There is no defence of that statement because nobody ever said that ISIS was an Abbott beat up.

Tony Abbott and his 'death cult' statements - all designed to stir up a certain part of society (as evidenced here) and to get their votes.

that's what a beat up means.

to sensationalise something.

by 'death cult' abbott was referring to isis.

the poster accused abbott of using it to stir up

voters.

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To say Abbott uses the death cult words to stir people up is not saying that ISIS is a beat up by Abbott.

Abbott does use ISIS to stir up fear and division in the community for the sake of getting votes.

[punch*drunk]

I recall reading an article about people with children named Isis who were suffering and being teased due to the name ISIS being splashed all over the newspapers. I believe that's why they started using death cult instead. It also takes the word Islamic out of the picture which can only be a good thing.

Its a bit like how the changed king hit to coward punch. Change the term to give it a more negative connotation.

[raptor_rebooted]

To say Abbott uses the death cult words to stir people up is not saying that ISIS is a beat up by Abbott.

Abbott does use ISIS to stir up fear and division in the community for the sake of getting votes.

     

[tezza2844]

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@*julia*2010 wrote:

To say Abbott uses the death cult words to stir people up is not saying that ISIS is a beat up by Abbott.

Abbott does use ISIS to stir up fear and division in the community for the sake of getting votes.

     

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[i-need-a-martini]

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@punch*drunk wrote:

I recall reading an article about people with children named Isis who were suffering and being teased due to the name ISIS being splashed all over the newspapers. I believe that's why they started using death cult instead. It also takes the word Islamic out of the picture which can only be a good thing.

Its a bit like how the changed king hit to coward punch. Change the term to give it a more negative connotation.

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Interestingly on Q&A this week they talked about the over used 'death cult' description by Abbott. 

One of the panelists made a good point - "death" is part of the glory these extremists love and "cult" it makes it sound like an exclusive society, a fashionable enclave. Put the 2 words together and we are giving these people an elevated value that others might find attactive.

Why not just call them murderers? The words need to be ugly, not exclusive.