Feeding the Fear
‘I saw a poster the other day, proclaiming “Please Do Not Feed The Fears” with a play on “Fears” rather than “Bears”. The sentiment expressed is unfortunately so typical of everything that is wrong with the media and those in authority today. It may not be a completely new concept — instilling fear into people — but it has certainly become much worse.
In the past few years alone, various fearful viruses have gripped global populations to such an extent that some would not travel or were reduced to wearing face masks. SARS, H1N1 flu, swine flu, ebola and now the latest measles outbreak have all been exploited to the full in an effort to make us fearful. And of course cancer has been high on the list for many decades.
But it is not just the threat of illness that makes us fearful.’
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