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Originally posted by Arbiter Sheesh. It's called an analogy. I guess this just goes to show that there's nothing like a little fear-mongering to turn otherwise right thinking people into a pack of slavering neanderthals.

Yeah, I read that wrong.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker You seem to be ignoring the fact that if you took away the religion, you'd still be left with the motivations for violence.

Really? And they are?

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Originally posted by Znack Really? And they are?

http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files...f_Terrorism.pdf

That should get you started.

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Originally posted by Znack Really? And they are?

You’re an idiot.

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Originally posted by Arbiter No shit; the point is that there's no demonstrable increase, not that terrorism doesn't exist. I could find plenty of murders in the past few days by searching Google news, but there's a clear long-term downward trend in homicide rates.

I’m sure the shia / sunni parents of the next group of disassembled children, will rejoice that your statistical analysis proves that, actually, their children aren’t dead. And that the sunni / shia suicide bomber that statistically didn’t blow himself up, was acting out of non religious motivations.

And therefore, we should all stop criticising islam, and focus out ire on the terrorism of America and Israel. Have I got that right?

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Originally posted by Znack I’m sure the shia / sunni parents of the next group of disassembled children, will rejoice that your statistical analysis proves that, actually, their children aren’t dead.

For someone who professes to favor rational analysis, you lay the emotional appeals on pretty thick. Whatever the proper response to terrorism may be, I am pretty sure hysteria is not it.

I have to admit, though, the idea that Arbiter wants us to stop criticizing religion is rather amusing.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles For someone who professes to favor rational analysis, you lay the emotional appeals on pretty thick. Whatever the proper response to terrorism may be, I am pretty sure hysteria is not it.

Unless you're on the receiving end of course (which I've not been, I must add).

Sometimes, abstract arguments about the motivations of terrorists and statistical trends of violence, become divorced form the personal impact of these events on real people. Sometimes I think we need reminding exactly what terrorism actually means.

You seem to be thinking that the terrorist would have you look at it in some other way.

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Originally posted by EddieZilker You seem to be thinking that the terrorist would have you look at it in some other way.

The support for the I.R.A. from the American public. Putting dollars into a collection bucket is a far cry from putting body parts into a collection bucket.

Folk sitting in ivory towers, sheesh!

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Originally posted by Znack The support for the I.R.A. from the American public. Putting dollars into a collection bucket is a far cry from putting body parts into a collection bucket. Folk sitting in ivory towers, sheesh!

You're not getting what I'm pointing to. I'm talking about the psychological effect of terror - the fundamental goal of terror without which it would have no efficacy - and the impact it's had on you. In terms of having achieved that goal, regarding your thinking, I can think of two words your arch enemy would use to describe you:

Mission Accomplished

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