Adam Curtis The Power of Nightmares Baby its cold outside

Discussion Questions
1) Do you think that a large part of the terrorist threat is just a fantasy? 2) Do you think that American society is taking us forwards or dragging us backwards? 3) Do you agree with the criticism that Western Liberalism leads to nihilism? 4) Do you think that the institutions of religion and state are necessary illusions? Do secular states lead to their own downfall? 5) Can torture be justified in certain circumstances? 6) Do you agree that many liberal reforms have led to social breakdown and crises? 7) Are good and evil eternal principles? Or fictions? 8) Do you think terrorist groups are more likely to be controlled by local groups with personal grievances, or are they controlled centrally by some kind of sinister evil (communism, al qaeda)?