From: Elias Davidsson
  
  
    Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 7:37 AM
  
    Subject: Unethical media coverage on UK events
 
 Unethical 
  media coverage on UK events
 
  
 
  Western media publish daily news and commentaries about the alleged terrorist 
  events in the UK.   These writings have all in common to designate innocent 
  persons, who nobody has proven guilty, as terrorists.   Some commentators go 
  even further by speculating about the alleged psychology of medical doctors 
  who apparently engage in terrorism, as if the guilt of the detainees (most of 
  whom are medical doctors or medical students) had been proved.  It appears 
  that Western journalists have no qualms anymore in attributing evil to Muslims 
  because lives and dignity of Muslims appear of no consequence to them.  Such 
  racist attitude is inacceptable.   
  
 
  Hardly any commentator has mentioned that the accused, or their lawyers, have 
  not been heard.  We only have heard one side of the story.  What kind of 
  journalism is this?  Can anyone draw conclusions about their guilt, let alone 
  speculate about their motives, before listening to their side of the story? 
   Should they be cleared of any guilt, how will the media repair the tort?
  
 
  The aim of terrorist acts (as distinct from common crime) is to draw attention 
  to a political goal.  It makes no sense for those who seek a political or 
  religious goal to place a bomb without address and message.  To arbitrary kill 
  a few passerby is certainly a criminal act, but it does not make political 
  sense.  To create public panic for its own sake has no more purpose than 
  shouting "fire" in a full theater.   The recent events in the UK were not 
  accompanied by a political or religious announcement.  From a Muslim or Arab 
  perspective these acts are meaningless and counter-productive.   Those who 
  gain by such acts are those who wish to sow distrust towards Muslims and Arabs 
  and prepare the ground for further wars against Muslim or Arab nations.  It is 
  among such constituencies that the masterminds  of all unclaimed and unsolved 
  "terrorist" acts committed in the West should be searched.  
  
 
  Elias Davidsson
  July 4, 2007