Striking Terror

Pre Script - SARCASM AHEAD

The threat of Terrorism is a very frightful, dark and palpable reality post 9/11. It is as if this random date in history was chosen to change the global perception of terrorism; not that this was the first ever terrorist hit to go down because there were many that did and in scary proportions too - right from the Nazi Gas chambers in Auschwitz and Riga during World War 2 in the 1940's to the Kenyan Embassy bombings in 1998. That said, the events that took place on the morning of the 11th of September 2001 would stay etched in the pages of history books for time immemorial.

As we look deeper into the viewing glass - one realizes that there are different dimensions to this concept of terrorism.  I will list a few other forms of terrorism which are worth noting.

Audio Terrorism -

If you thought that terrorism just involved a bunch of fanatic dudes bent on blowing people and things up - you're sadly mistaken. Audio terrorism is a silent killer which occupies the ranks of Diabetes and Heart disease. It is a very potent and effective form of terrorism impacting a large majority of people on the planet who listen to some form of audio either on their phones, music players, radios, TV's or computers.

Chief proponents of this form of terrorism include Himmesh Reshmaiyya, Justin Bieber, Rebecca Black to name a few; for their repeated and relentless attacks on the civilian majority in the guise of pursuit of musical  glory causing many a splitting headache, torn eardrum and pushing people to pulling the hair out of their heads after listening to their songs. Side effects include temporary loss of sanity and humming the aforementioned artists' songs which come across as sounding like screeching noises produced by horny cats.  

Cine Terrorism -

Giving the extremists and terrorists a run for their money is the new age brand of Cine Terrorists. They're effectiveness is more far fetched owing to the fact that they are able to reach larger audiences in shorter intervals of time with their movies leading to absolute carnage of the viewers sanity.  

How else can you justify the mindless waste of money on movies like Ra-One or 7 Khoon Maaf or Agent Vinod? The producers must have had some agenda in mind right? Turns out by unleashing DEADLY scripts and movies like these, they hope to give their audiences a taste of the BOREDOM TO DEATH treatment which I believe is the modern day version of the Gas chamber because that's all movies these days seem to contain - Hot gas.   

The next time you come out alive and miraculously sane from such a movie - make sure to demand a bottle of cough syrup and an aspirin at the ticket counter so that you can drink it and take a nap when you get home. This is the least they can do for you considering you've paid the full price for a ticket and gotten a mind blowing headache in return; after all there are certain things called Human Rights you know.

News Terrorism -

The mainstream media contributes as passively to terrorism as the terrorists themselves. The mushrooming in the number of  private news channels in English, Hindi and many regional languages has given rise to a situation wherein the content of many such channels is nothing but of trashy.

At this point, a specific mention must be made of the many Senior anchors who try sounding suave and elegant but end up having a screaming contest with their panelists and co anchors and in the process weird their viewers out.   

Its hard not to resort to name calling but of the many jokers around - The Sansani guy stands out like a sore thumb. His anchoring on the show was something a cousin and I would watch religiously just to laugh like maniacs at the end of a rough day. His incessant screaming of the turn of phrases was something that the mother detested utterly because the show used to air late into the night and I used to get a earful for disturbing the peace and quiet, if this isn't terrorism I don't know what is.   

Here's a spoof on him

 


PS 1: Now that you have been sufficiently warned about the other forms of terrorism, make sure you spread the word; who knows your small act may actually save a life.

PS 2: No Terrorists were harmed in the making of this post.