Huge Entity, Huge Rants

As Shoko Asahara has awaited the death penalty for his leadership of this seemingly crazed cult 10 years have passed, yet our ability to react to terrorism seems to have little evolved beyond barbarism. Will there ever be another subway gas attack or train station bombing, and if there is, are we any more ready to deal with them than we were those 10 long years ago?

Socially and politically much positive social change can be perceived since the Tokyo subway attack. But parallel with that change our governments and media have become highly skilled in the manufacturing of the real killer behind terrorism; the weapon of fear. Instilled, worldwide fear over such activities helps widen social boundaries and make stark the world's religious and cultural differences. It's when our somewhat reactionary cultures can tackle the deeply rooted problems in the world that cause terrorism, that true social and political progress is more likely to be found.