As the world and his dog knows an American gossip magazine caused the death of some 15 Afghans, much property damage and provided a propaganda coup to Islamic extremists around the world last week. Various people have asked what can be done. Well, here is a suggestion. Boycott the so-called news magazine.
If you subscribed to it, cancel your subscription.
Request that newsagents stop carrying it.
Request advertisers to pull their advertising dollars.
If you see a free one somewhere (e.g. airport lounges) ask the provider to choose other magazines instead.
The boycott should end when the gossip magazine does some actual reporting on the ground in Afghanistan, identifies the 15 or so dead people and provides serious compensation to their families for their death. It wouldn't hurt if the magazine wrote a feature on the lives of each of the 15 because those 15 biogrphies might possibly make clear just how different life was in Afghanistan before the fall of the Taliban thanks to intervention from "Bushmacchimpy and his theocrat thugs fighting for the right for Haliburton to make money" (sorry just channelling a Fableweak journalist)
Oh and may I suggest a googlebomb - renaming it in all references and links as something else such as Fableweak.
BTW this does not excuse the over-reaction by Islamic extremists - as I noted a few days back we would be shocked if it were Christian fundamentalists who were doing these things.