Originally Posted by
PhoenixJ 
Look at history. Holocaust, Richard the Lion-heart slaughtering 3,000 Muslims out of convenience, Emperors building towers to the sky out of human skulls- tens of tens of thousands of them.
There are and have always been good people- Ghandi, Jesus (whether god or not- he existed), Ann Frank, Buddha.....
Now we have 24/7 news, world leaders on twitter, f/b, email, blah. We see it as it happens. People everywhere in every country have mobile recording devices. In cars, in bike helmets, on police uniforms- every where. The world has always been full of good, bad and just is.
Exactly.
Terrorists have always sought attention, and the age of social media has enabled them to find it with unprecedented breadth. They use social networks to recruit, to inspire, and to connect, but they also rely on social media bystanders—everyday, regular people—to spread the impacts of their terror further than they could themselves, and to confuse authorities with misinformation. That amplification encourages more terrorism, inspires copycats, and turns the perpetrators into martyrs. It also traumatizes the families of the murdered victims, as well as the public at large.
The motivation for terrorism is not mere murder or maiming but the incitement of deep fear in an entire community or nation. To achieve that aim, terrorists need the media’s help. That applies both to the news networks, which often play the same scene on loop despite having no new information, and to social media, where people rush to express their concern and outrage. Along the way, misinformation and fear spreads like wildfire. That’s the playbook for these events now, and research suggests it gives terrorists exactly what they want.
From
an article I stumbled upon that very well describes my thoughts on the subject.
Believe it or not, the world is more peaceful now than it has ever been in human history.