The Internet Will Be the Death of Us

Re:The Internet Will Be the Death of Us by twtw on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @06:47AM (#18344610)

> It is possible that the Internet has increased politically motivated killings, but articles making broad judgement on all of society based on a couple of anecdotes without proper data is just sensationalist nonsense.

I don't see where the author makes "broad judgement of all society." I see an opinion piece, which explicitly calls out in the text it's opinionness ("that's how I've come to feel about the Internet") in which the author claims that the Internet "creates terrorists."

This is not an argument that needs statistics or data to back it up - if the Internet creates even one terrorist, then the author's statements hold. The author provides not one, but several examples to support the claim.

It's like you are refuting the headline only, or some adversarial interpretation of the article.

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Re:The Internet Will Be the Death of Us by username90 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @09:54AM (#18345670)

The headline sets the tone so you can't just ignore it. If he starts off with an extremely strong headline like "The Internet Will Be the Death of Us" then the article should have strong enough arguments to warrant it, otherwise the headline is just the kind of misinformation that he himself is lamenting in this very article.

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