MetaFilter posts tagged with threat

Hipster - The End of Wester Civilization

Happy Dave — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:59:56 -0800

Self-described 'culture-jammers' Adbusters identify the greatest threat to our way of life - the hipster. First used to describe white jazz afficionados in the 40's, the alternative subculture it now describes is defined by both the intensity of apparent hatred for it, and the difficulty in finding anyone who will admit they are one. What's the deal with hipsters? Are they a literal plague of social mimicry and shallowness, a cross-breeding experiment with productivity fetishists, or just a meme for promoting shitty bands? Or perhaps the whole thing is just a marketing ploy for cheap beer.

Ahmadinejad is no Hitler - The world's most rash leaders can be contained, and the nuclear-ambitious Iranian president is no exception.

hoder — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 04:31:43 -0800

Ahmadinejad is no Hitler (Los Angeles Times) If you think Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes outlandish comments, consider what Mao Tse-tung said to a visiting head of state in 1954: "If someone else can drop an atomic bomb, then I can too. The death of 10 or 20 million people is nothing to be afraid of."

Nonetheless, 15 years later, a nuclear-armed China was not only contained by the world, it opted for normalization of relations with its archenemy, the United States. Today, it is fashionable to equate Ahmadinejad with Hitler, yet the lesson of the 20th century is that rash leaders can, in fact, be deterred. And Iran's president will prove no exception.

My analysis of this is somewhat tongue in cheek, please don't flame.

thirteenkiller — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 06:59:14 -0800

The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities. Now that this former rogue nation has fallen in line, we can turn out attention to the real terrorist threat: Britain.

Blogs under scrutiny in Malaysia

divabat — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:46:21 -0800

PM of Malaysia: Those who spread untruths on the Net will be detained Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia, warned all bloggers that "if information in blogs, websites and online portals were incorrect, bordered on slander, caused disturbance or compelled the public to lose faith in the nation’s economic policies, their authors would be detained for investigation". The Malaysian government is even considering adjusting the Printing Presses and Publications Act ^ to include blogs and online media.

This comes hot on the heels of a government-ordered media blackout on Article 11, a coalition of NGOs dedicated to upholding the principles of Article 11 of the Malaysian constitution, about freedom of religion, after several protests claiming Article 11 to be anti-Muslim and confusing it with the now-defunct Interfaith Comission Initiative, which aimed to be a body of people of different faiths raising awareness about diversity of religion and working together on religious issues.

Minister of Energy, Water, and Communications Dr Lim Keng Yaik said that they will not censor the Internet (as promised when the Multimedia Super Corridor was launched), but after events such as prominent Malaysian political blogger Jeff Ooi being investigated over a supposedly offensive comment on his blog entry about Islam in 2005, and alternative news source MalaysiaKini's office raided after carrying a letter critical of the ruling party's policies in 2003, no one is really quite sure.

Go scriosa cúnna ifrinn do chuid fo-éadaigh

Blazecock Pileon — Sat, 27 May 2006 21:01:20 -0800

O'Reilly and Associates apologize about threats to keep an Irish non-profit from stealing O'Reilly's "Web 2.0" service mark. The usually-forgiving blogosphere cabal is not amused.

We're all going to die

tommyc — Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:00:28 -0800

We're all going to "die". Genocratic discourse or small-scale post-millennial angst?

Tracking the Threat

hama7 — Wed, 26 May 2004 16:51:31 -0800

Tracking the Threat.

Bomb plot threatens rail system in France

billsaysthis — Wed, 03 Mar 2004 19:02:01 -0800

Bomb plot threatens rail system in France Give us money ($5M) or we blow up your tracks! And the threat contained hints on where authorities could find samples. Is this the start of a new trend, will the French Gov pay, and why France?

It Takes a Village, People

kirkaracha — Sun, 06 Jul 2003 08:28:37 -0800

DOJ Introduces New Threat Levels Citizens should be alert, but continue to go about their normal daily spending activities.

Al-Qaeda can only be understood as an ideology, an agenda and a way of seeing the world

y2karl — Tue, 20 May 2003 11:02:22 -0800

Terror's myriad faces
Al-Qaeda, conceived of as a tight-knit terrorist group with cadres and a capability everywhere, does not exist in that form. It barely existed before the war in Afghanistan in 2001 destroyed Osama bin Laden's carefully constructed infrastructure there. It certainly does not exist now. Instead, we are facing a different kind of threat. Al-Qaeda can only be understood as an ideology, an agenda and a way of seeing the world that is shared by an increasing number of predominantly young, predominantly male Muslims. Eliminating bin Laden and a few hundred senior activists will do nothing to counter this al-Qaeda. Hundreds more will come forward to fill their ranks. Al-Qaeda, however understood, will continue to operate. The threat will remain and it will grow.
See also Sowing The Dragon's Teeth.
Or, alternately, Hercules and the Hydra.

Homeland Security Threat Monitor

kirkaracha — Tue, 25 Feb 2003 11:55:34 -0800

Homeland Security Threat Monitor is a small Windows application that runs in your system tray, showing the current terrorism threat level. Features blinking notification of increased threat level! [via Small Values of Cool]

GREATEST THREAT TO PEACE

giantkicks — Sat, 08 Feb 2003 10:33:50 -0800

Which country poses the greatest danger to world peace in 2003? Isn't Time Magazine typically read by real conservative types? I took the informal survey, with about 348,000 other respondents and was surprised by the percentages.

Slagman — Mon, 11 Feb 2002 18:21:02 -0800

New FBI warning about imminent terrorist strike A bit more specific this time

tranquileye — Wed, 24 Oct 2001 09:36:31 -0800

With the FBI advising how to handle suspicious mail [pdf], the fine people who send you junk snail mail are changing their methods. The Canadian and American Direct Marketing Associations are recommending that their members ''consider notifying consumers by phone or e-mail that a direct-mail piece is on its way so they are not alarmed when it arrives." One cancelled campaign involved mailing marbles to some prospective clients.

da5id — Tue, 05 Dec 2000 15:30:48 -0800

University "journalist" threatens the President's life. How stupid do you have to be??? Don't they know that threatening the President's life, even in a joking manner is a Felony Offense?

todd — Thu, 12 Oct 2000 04:45:21 -0800

October Coffee Crisis. Montreal Gazette: "In its communiques, the BAF warned that Second Cup franchises were to be 'in the line of fire' and warned of an escalation of violent acts if Second Cup and other chains insist on keeping their trademark English names." More Trudeau nostalgia?