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The New Craze: Slaughter as Theater - Reflections on Liberty & Revolution
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The brutality of the Assad regime and its Machiavellian
tactics, which included the release of Jihadi elements from its prisons,
combined with international dithering and indifference facilitated the rise of
terrorist groups in the country, including Al-Nusra Front, and the Islamic
State (AKA ISIS). The result: the birth of a new kind of porn: the highly
theatric Slaughter Porn. And though the Assad regime remains the
biggest murderer of them all in terms of sheer numbers, IS proves that staging
makes all the difference. Quality over Quantity. Slaughter by another name
might be the same for the slaughtered, but it is surely not so for the
enthralled and captivated audience.