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task here is surely to pitch the level of the argument away
from simplistic good/bad analogies. Psychologists know that
this represents undeveloped thinking. The media needs to help
the public here - they are the most immediate and obvious information
source - and where this need is not met then the internet may
yet prove to be the best way to communicate and support more
complex understanding of the issues, particularly the link between
foreign policy and terrorism.
Ceri M. Bowen
Bradford Hospitals/Dept. of Peace Studies, UK
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