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Originally Posted by Daradon
Ignoring the really ignorant posts and posters on here, I wanted to touch on a thought for a second.
As CC said, this new method of terrorism may be the most effective and scary yet, and that's precisely what ISIS had in mind when they talked about these small attacks both in their own literature and videos and the few statements they did put to the coalition countries in general.
However, in thinking about it for a little bit, I start to wonder if it really would be that effective. Follow me for a second.
If each attack kills on average one citizen (more on why I picked that number later), you're going to need one terrorist for pretty much every act that happens, This guy got killed in the attack. Most will. And those that don't will probably be caught and killed or jailed very quickly.
Is there really going to be that many terrorists, or more importantly, that many terrorists that have the ability and attitude to see it through? I wonder.
Don't get me wrong, even one death is too many. But at the end of the day, how many terrorists could there be to continually carry out small attacks. Also, how long will they stay motivated if not a whole lot is going on?
Now the reason why I picked one death per attack is there have already been attacks like these in other countries that haven't even succeeded in killing one. The recent attack near Melbourne Australia on the police officer comes to mind. While some attacks my kill more, some may not kill any. As well, some may get arrested even before launching an attack. In Canada I think we are a little safer than the US, just based on our gun laws.
Anyway, this is just me talking out loud, would love to hear thoughts on if it makes sense or not. If it does however, this is precisely how fear and overreacting would make things worse than they really are. Not only worse, but less safe. If we all keep our heads, stay vigilant but sane and positive, we defeat the whole point of 'terrorism', the terror. And discourage more attacks in the process.
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I get what your saying, but for each successful attack, how many crazies does it inspire? How much easier does it become for someone who's actively recruiting to point at the fear created and get his man.
If you keep your cell small, 1 or 2 people, your costs cheap and don't communicate with anyone else, its at least very easy to engage in that act and attack a soft spot.
A revolution starts with one man so to speak. And if you have one man like the one yesterday if this is a terror attack who probably accomplished everything he did on the way to his interpretation of martyrdom the question now, is how many people has he inspired, and how many people that were on the fence have dipped a little bit closer to the wrong side of the equation.
the mistake of the Toronto 18 was that they were 18 people and they were foolish.
If it was the Toronto 2 and they didn't do the stupid things that the 18 did and didn't try to recruit targeted a school in a small community where law enforcement is a little soft, we might be talking about a hideously successful mass shooting.
The successful blue print of the Berzerker terrorist in my mind.
1) Find a soft spot, a small town a middle class neighborhood, a small business, a mall.
2) Cheaper is better. Don't move money around, don't take money from outside groups. Use a weapon that you already have around the house ie car, gas, a long gun or shotgun.
3) Don't do anything to trigger suspicion. Buy small amounts of what you need ie ammo, or fertilizer, use cash not credit cards.
4) Keep your group small - one or two people is optimum. But don't recruit, don't talk to anyone about what your doing as a precursor
5) Be fricken normal - don't change your personality, better yet don't change your appearance. don't go on twitter or facebook and post that your in a killing mood.
6) Realize that your going to get caught or (preferably) become a martyr for your twisted cause. Leave behind a suicide note or video if you can to inspire the sheep.
7) Make your target political, maybe go after politicians and members of government or business owners or cops or soldiers. This way you can inspire those that are on the fence that your group is not evil incarnate
8) If Terror is the game then maximize your soft kill area. amateur sporting events or malls or schools are probably your best friend, but chances are you only have a few minutes to do your work.
I've probably missed a few. But if we look at individual acts of terror as an inspiration, if you die, how many rise to take your place?