Communications speed changed how torture scandals inflame Muslim opinion
Evidence
This is certainly true of the short term, but in the longer term—as the Nazis in the Second World War, and as almost every other power that has ever adopted torture as an instrument of policy, have discovered—it is a double-edged weapon. — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 609 (
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These instances from Britain and France reinforce the view that anti-Muslim hate crimes spike whenever there are highly publicized episodes casting Muslims in a negative light. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 597 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Fast media transmission makes torture’s blowback immediate and global.; Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 609; Publicized negative episodes reliably spike anti-Muslim violence — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 597 (+1 more)
Related
- Fast media transmission makes torture’s blowback immediate and global. (similarity 0.92)
- Torture creates more terrorists than the bombs it uncovers (similarity 0.80)
- Publicized negative episodes reliably spike anti-Muslim violence (similarity 0.80)
- Torture is counterproductive even for intelligence gathering (similarity 0.79)
- Torture’s ambiguous truth makes it a potent propaganda weapon for both sides (similarity 0.79)
- Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Torture succeeding in the short term proves a double-edged long-term weapon
#expands(0.65) — Horne, Alistair, A Savage War of Peace- Algeria 1954-1962, 609 - Publicized negative episodes reliably spike anti-Muslim violence
#expands(0.60) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 597 - Truth serum torture destroys victims’ capacity to distinguish true from false
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