People
We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
— Margaret Thatcher
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker treats publicity as something that sustains terrorists and hijackers. Calling it oxygen makes attention sound like a vital supply that could be restricted. The quotation proposes denying that supply, using a vivid metaphor to argue against giving them exposure.
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