John Major Quotes
Democracies cannot be intimidated by terrorism.
John Major, British Prime Minister (Conservative), Quoted on PBS MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour, February 7, 1991
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The first Jew to run for the Vice Presidency on a major party ticket.
The President was reacting to a chain of vents whereby Sony Entertainment produced a satiric movie which offended the leadership of North Korea who condemned, threatened and may have launched a cyberattack on Sony. That company reacted by withdrawing the movie and the President thought that was a mistake despite the fact that there were threats against theaters showing the movie and people attending the showings.
He and saome others were concerned that if most American citizens knew most of the details about terrorists and U. S. potential vulnerability to terrorism, many would be totally inhibited and American Society would become very insular and restrictive to the detriment of the nation and the economy. Critics argue that American's imagination stimulated by entertainment, journalism and literature was extreely robust and Americans nnetheless could handle the risks. And the secrecy even exacerbates the problem becasue there was no way to refute or curtain those who exaggerated the problem and the risks.
ISIS and other terrorist organizations were using these platforms for propaganda, and recruiting. See {36908}, {36909}, and {36911} for the views of the companies who Carlin claimed were being exploited. See {583142} for the message Carlin believed that was being transmitted.
Sir John Major KG CH is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. Major served in the Thatcher government from 1987 to 1990 as Chancellor of the Exchequer and Foreign Secretary, and was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshire, from 1979 to 2001.
