Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
the article from one of the anti-west trancer's was good, but it really was a long-winded way of saying there's no real definition of terrorism (and certainly an inequity in its application). but i think terrorism is like porn. i know it when i see it. like i know tattoos when i see them.
In fairness, I think the article makes a good point in that the discourse of "terrorism" becomes a way for governments to justify certain actions and downplay other actions to its own people.
For me, terrorism is an act of violence intended as a spectacle and where material damage is secondary to psychological damage. Terrorists don't aim to bring down the West skyscraper by skyscraper and marathon by marathon, they aim to create a state of paranoia that undermines personal freedoms of that society, thus destroying the Western way of living. A lot of Western military actions described in that article may have had psychological targets as well as material ones, but Western governments ultimately aim to win wars through material destruction. That, however, is a utilitarian definition and doesn't deflect from the point that killing civilians is killing civilians, and the West do it just as much as the "terrorists".
hardcore trancer
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
the article from one of the anti-west trancer's was good
you are one funny old man aren't you?:stongue:
srussell0018
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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i know more than you. i earn more than you. i own more than you. and i've achieved all of that with the absolute minimum of effort. your arm is a testament to those that enjoy putting in the minimum, so you should pipe the down.
Highly doubtful. And the sad part is your false bravado on a message board when you're like 15 years older than me. The only thing you have more of than me are wrinkles on your useless sack of bollocks.
Also, it's "those who enjoy", -for-brains. Try to get some new material too. Yours is played out and wasn't funny in the first place.
Spacey Orange
why do they call them far right marchers when they clearly are mostly concerned that the government has turned their on back on them.
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Police have reported several arrests since Wednesday. Benjamin Flatters, 22, from Lincoln, was arrested on Thursday after complaints were made to Lincolnshire police about comments made on Twitter that were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature.
A second man was visited by officers and warned about his activity on social media, according to the police.
The charge comes after two men in Bristol were arrested and released on bail for making alleged offensive comments on Twitter about the murder. A 23-year-old and a 22-year-old, both from Bristol, were held under the Public Order Act on suspicion of inciting racial or religious hatred.
:wtf:
Zharen
And it's another Russell vs TA thread. How quaint.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by srussell0018
Highly doubtful. And the sad part is your false bravado on a message board when you're like 15 years older than me. The only thing you have more of than me are wrinkles on your useless sack of bollocks.
Also, it's "those who enjoy", -for-brains. Try to get some new material too. Yours is played out and wasn't funny in the first place.
you're 20? i don't think so sunshine lol.
also it was 3am and i was 20 standards and a bunch of cones in. but thanks for your pointless correction. FYI your incredible stupidity and the pic of a dude on your arm that looks like a cross between Gumby and a chewed on rubber eraser, are the only two things i know about you. if you want me to give you about other things, you have to be more interesting.
pkcRAISTLIN
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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
In fairness, I think the article makes a good point in that the discourse of "terrorism" becomes a way for governments to justify certain actions and downplay other actions to its own people.
yeah i guess, but that's pretty standard fair when talking about almost anything re states and (enemy) non state actors yeah? ie they're always being the bad guys and we're always good? not anything new or exciting to read surely?
Alex
Yo srussell0018... I don't have anything against you or anything but why do you pick so many fights with so many members here?
:nervous:
Alex
Ok, maybe "pick fights" isn't the best way to phrase it.
But you certainly (somehow) get into a lot of "confrontations" so to speak.
Again, no offense intended, just curious. :p
enydo
h8'rs, clearly.
Zharen
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Originally posted by Alex
Ok, maybe "pick fights" isn't the best way to phrase it.
But you certainly (somehow) get into a lot of "confrontations" so to speak.
Again, no offense intended, just curious. :p
I second that curiosity. He does have the remarkable ability to drive everyone up a wall that the immediate backlash is truly staggering. It must make Nou jealous at times as well.
Silky Johnson
Nobody ever says "Oh good!!" when they find out they have cancer. ;)
