THE POWER OF FACEBOOK

The University of Texas recently received a phone-call from a stranger, who announced, in an Arabian accent, that Al Qaida had planted bombs on the campus, that would go off in 90 minutes. University and police took this threat seriously and measures were taken to evacuate the university complex. The students thought it was a drill! Recently there had been several drills: how to act in live-threatening situations (fire, bombs, shooters). The buildings were evacuated first and then I learned, that the University possessed several nuclear reactors (one hidden under the campus), that had to be evacuated as well!

This underlines the state of panic and emergency the Americans are in, regarding the consequences of all the anti-terrorism measures.

In the USA it is easy to buy a gun, it is easy to practice, to hunt and to show of with it. And saying guns, makes it sound almost acceptable. In fact we are talking about combat weapons, powerrifles and machineguns Everybody can learn how to make a bomb and simply buy the ingredients. Guidelines can be found in books and on the internet. Powerful firecrackers are for sale in the drugstore. Everybody can use the internet and other technologies to create chaos and havoc.

"People underestimate the power of Facebook.”, its creator recently said. He was talking about the value of the Facebook, which had plummeted. In our kingdom, we now know of a “Facebook murder” (a virtual abuse on Facebook) led to the murder of a young girl, by the hands of an under-aged, hired, assassin) and the “Face-book riots”. (which started with an open invitation to a birthday party and ended with burning cars, 500 active policemen and the looting of supermarkets). 34 young males were arrested, the other guilty ones will be soon (with help of the social media.) Like students in Dallas, authorities live with fear. They will get stuck in a mode of repression. My conclusion is that the Western youth has too much money (they all own a car), too much time to spare. Their mentalframework is superficial and filled with thrills. A thorough education in the Netherlands takes but 1000 hours a year (including axhoolcamp, sport and excursions! Time/money/puberty lead to young people seeking dangerous situations. The results you can see on You Tube. Their (male, adolescent, seemingly educated) mind frame is filled with competition, nonsense, individualism and war games. They have no higher goals (individual or collective) and are therefore easily manipulated. This process leads to authority-neglecting/provocative behavior and if you feed them alcohol and other drugs, they will only be after personal glory. And that's how the government wants them to be.