It's pretty simple, and I apologize if this is a repost.

Step 1: End all public reporting on terrorist related acts, or refrain from reporting responsibility of a terrorist act.

If no one knows about the attack, the attack loses meaning, if no one knows who planned it or why there even was an attack, the longterm and ultimate goal effects of a terrorist act lose overall meaning.

Terrorist organizations rely on news reporting in order to spread fear to victims and spread hope to sympathisers.

These organizations' intentions are precise in order to create an anti-statement to their targets.

No one agrees that if reporting terrorists acts was in violation of international law, terrorism would lose influence? It would be well worth the loss of civil liberties to not have to read about a car bomb killing 20 children, and then listening to some radical terrorist justify killing those 20 children.

I could hardly agree more.

Publicity is exactly what some people want and reporting these incidents (along with several other subjects) only encourages them.

Unfortunately the M.S.M. is only interested in ratings which these reports generate.

Do what I do and immediately change the channel or switch off when these segments air.

Protest with your wallet, or on this case, your attention (advertising wallet).

Oh yeah........flag too

[edit on 4-4-2009 by OZtracized]

In answer to the title of the OP.

Make everyone happy... or at least content.

I don't think ignoring it will help matters. It would probably make the terrorists more inclined to do something more drastic and deadly.

Terrorism is a reality. Especially islamicist jihaadist terrorism. Why does this not sink in? Terrorism is only going to get worse. Islamicists and jihaadist terrorists are not going to pull back.

So looking the other way and hoping that terrorism will go away is futile and foolish. That kind of attitude will get us more 9/11s. You have got take an active part as responsible citizens against the threat of islamic terrorism.

Be alert. Keep abreast of events and develpments. See how your neigborhoods are being infiltrated by muslim jihaadis posing as moderates. dont be fooled that they appear western in mode and dress. They are clean-shaven mullahs.

I'm afraid thats a simplistic solution. It wouldn't work in real life.

Would Hamas stop attacking Israel if they were denied coverage?

Would LeT stop attacking India if they were denied coverage?

Would the Taliban stop attacking Coalition troops if denied coverage?

I dont think so.

Islamic terrorism is rooted in open warfare, and uses propaganda tools only as an aside. Terrorism would continue even without the news coverage.

Terrorists are brainwashed into that way of life- they would not stop.

You cannot end it, they fiend upon our response. yeah, their are some good ones, but not a whole lot of them. I used to fly in the Middle East but quite around two years ago: took photos, scouted, that whole deal. I wouldn't asses what was going on but through a tiny little hole I could see recruiting, leaders, that whole bit; it is all bad, and I wish the world would agree to do "something about it"

It's real simple if you ask me.
Take away the influence the US-politicians have on the world. This way we would stop the biggest Terrorist-network ever. By stopping them, there would not even be half as many terrorist acts in the world anymore.

The largest reason that individuals are drawn toward the extremist organizations that undertake terrorist actions, under the leadership of the often delusional and probably psychologically ill, is because in their lives they live in situations in which they have little or no recourse to better themselves and their social, economic and/or political situation.

Why do young, poor, politically unrepresented people in the Middle East join groups such as Hamas or Al Queda? Because they are young, poor, and have no political representation. The leaders and recruiters of the terrorist organizations use tactics to recruit such people because, in such a situation, individuals are incredibly vulnerable to suggestion.... "you are poor because the West is suppressing our people...if you join us, we will lead you to wealth and happiness..." Etc. As they get deeper into the system, what little is left of rationality is quickly replaced with fear/hate of the other, who is doing the repressing. It is a socialization process like any other group.

The same goes for any extremist group, from white supremacists to extreme fundamentalist Christian groups to homegrown militants...it is about locating and further isolating those who are already isolated in the social/political environment...because they are often most easily converted into acting in an extreme manner against those who they are guided into believing are the source of their isolation.

Clearly in this situation, the cure, although not as immediate as one would perhaps like, is to prevent these sorts of individuals from joining the terrorist groups in the first place...which means figuring out ways to remove them from political/social/economic isolation...

There is no panacea. But the best cure, as in most things, is more than likely prevention.

Anyone every stop to think that maybe terrorism was a creation of TPTB in order to keep people in a constant state of fear, confusion and distrust? It makes sense to me. Terrorists are supposedly using fear to get what they want and TPTB use fear as well. I think that all of our "enemies" have been fabricated or at least started in order to keep people in a state of fear and chaos. Just my take on it.

The easiest way? Avoid entangling alliances, just as George Washington said. In other words, KEEP OUT NOSES OUT OF OTHER COUNTRIES BUSINESS.

I am not accusing you, me, or any other citizen of the United States.

Especially not you in specific dude, you are cool, and have a very down-to-earth opinion on many subjects here. I mean those people who actually believed and strengthened bush with what he was doing and so on