Hysteria!

There always has to be a witch. And when there’s a witch, there’s a hunt.

It used to be Senator McCarthy. And before him it was Salem. And now the bogey is “Terrorist”. And wherever there is the word “Terrorist”, the word “Islamic” usually precedes it if the Western media have anything to do with it.

Things are getting silly now. Really, really silly. Here’s a recent example.

Some poor guy in the UK was making an online contribution towards the recent disaster in South-East Asia. He happened to be using a text-based browser called “Lynx” that is still in use amongst terminal users and those with low-spec machines.

The stupid, moronic, ignoramus administrator of the disaster aid web site spotted that a rare browser was being used and reported this as a suspicious hacking event to the authorities. And before long, the poor Lynx user was having his door bashed down before being carted off to prison.

I wonder if it’s possible to file a case under the heading of “Most mindless arrest ever”.