by Michael Tracey In his essay, "The White Negro," Norman Mailer references Marxist thought with a level of respect but pointed to its failure in application because, as he put it, “it was an expression of the scientific narcissism we inherited from the 19th century,” motivated by the “rational mania that consciousness could stifle instinct.”…
Terrorism In Cyberistan
Cyberterrorism is now real and will grow in severity. Urgent steps need to be taken to protect ourselves and to evolve a response protocol. outlookindia.com 2021-04-20T07:36:56+05:30
The oft-repeated fear of the modern age is of cyber-terrorism. How real is the threat and have we faced any significant cyber-terrorism to date?
To understand the issue, it is important to understand what is terrorism. A UN panel, on March 17, 2005, described terrorism as any act intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants to intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any act.” Hence, we have narco-terrorists who indulge in wanton killing of civilians to pressurize the government to back off from them. We also have state-backed terrorists such as what India faces from its neighbouring country, where the state-backed terrorists indulge in wanton killing of civilians.