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Tue May-30-06 05:09 PM
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what does it become when you're opposing an invading army? I think that's also an important distinction.
I posted on another thread a while back that I think I've outgrown my "nonviolent resistance is the answer" days. If an invading army motivated me to fight back because they killed my children, God forbid, I don't think I'd have any difficulty justifying a response.
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| -I might consider being a terrorist if soldiers shot my kids in the head. |
Philosoraptor |
May-30-06 03:44 PM |
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If you didn't consider it after something like that.. |
htuttle |
May-30-06 03:45 PM |
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I'd go pass just considering it. |
atreides1 |
May-30-06 03:46 PM |
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I'd want to die. |
Swede |
May-30-06 03:46 PM |
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I might too, but |
Yupster |
May-31-06 11:31 PM |
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I wouldn't say that you were right, but I would understand. |
otherlander |
May-30-06 03:47 PM |
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What the msm calls insurgents or terrorists |
panader0 |
May-30-06 03:48 PM |
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Just ordinary folks standing against the invaders |
mycritters2 |
May-30-06 04:53 PM |
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I'm sure Paul Revere and his friends would have been called terrorists |
lpbk2713 |
May-30-06 04:59 PM |
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Like during the Revolutionary War. |
Midlodemocrat |
May-31-06 02:59 PM |
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I wouldn't blame you. And it's this basic psychology |
kiraboo |
May-30-06 03:49 PM |
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They grasp it. The presence of terrorists suits their purposes. |
FiveGoodMen |
May-30-06 05:36 PM |
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You are probably right. n/t |
kiraboo |
May-30-06 09:10 PM |
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And after removing |
libhill |
May-31-06 11:40 PM |
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In such a situation you would not be a terrorist. . . |
Journeyman |
May-30-06 03:58 PM |
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But even more subtly . . . |
Ex Lion Tamer |
May-30-06 05:09 PM |
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Like an older Vietnamese fried of mine told me: |
maveric |
May-30-06 04:04 PM |
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that gets me too |
huskerlaw |
May-30-06 05:19 PM |
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Just for the sake of argument if the US were invaded |
rurallib |
May-30-06 04:17 PM |
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the day may yet come. mt |
thereismore |
May-30-06 04:32 PM |
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The fact is... |
TwoSparkles |
May-30-06 04:30 PM |
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Chaos is the whole point of being there. |
Philosoraptor |
May-30-06 04:31 PM |
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Not at all. In those circumstances, everyone is a terrorist. |
The Stranger |
May-30-06 04:32 PM |
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No I'd consider the people who shot my kid in the head as the |
Hubert Flottz |
May-30-06 04:35 PM |
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One man's terrorist |
Jim Warren |
May-30-06 04:46 PM |
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Why is that so hard to understand? |
XOKCowboy |
May-30-06 04:51 PM |
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That would make you want to kill innocent people/civilians? |
BullGooseLoony |
May-30-06 05:01 PM |
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May-30-06 05:09 PM |
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This is how it always happens. |
donco6 |
May-30-06 05:17 PM |
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if they were doing it to my neighbours kids even... |
Brundle_Fly |
May-30-06 05:19 PM |
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How to lose hearts and minds |
ecoalex |
May-30-06 05:31 PM |
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I definitely would. nt |
Chalco |
May-30-06 05:50 PM |
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I find it rather ironic that Republicans love "Red Dawn".... |
KyuzoGator |
May-30-06 05:52 PM |
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Children? Hell if they did that to my eight cats I'd be in the fray. |
1620rock |
May-30-06 06:14 PM |
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Easy to understand when you put it like that |
Canuckistanian |
May-30-06 07:24 PM |
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For all here who try to pretend that they don't understand why.. |
butterfly77 |
May-30-06 07:34 PM |
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How about this scenario: |
ocelot |
May-30-06 07:54 PM |
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You're human |
Miss Chybil |
May-30-06 08:05 PM |
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And if you don't fight back, what are you? nt |
glitch |
May-31-06 01:28 PM |
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Why do you call them terrorists? Seriously. |
Bonobo |
May-30-06 08:11 PM |
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Not to mention those kids |
zidzi |
May-30-06 08:16 PM |
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Please define "terrorist" n/t |
Swamp Rat |
May-30-06 08:21 PM |
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According to the neocons: "Anyone Bush says is the enemy" |
Philosoraptor |
May-30-06 08:26 PM |
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I guess we're all terrorists then... what will Bushler do? |
Swamp Rat |
May-30-06 08:35 PM |
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And you can turn the truly despicable |
omega minimo |
May-31-06 12:21 AM |
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Terrorist = Someone who been talking shit about you for many years. Then |
B Calm |
May-31-06 04:57 AM |
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I'd make it my life's work |
shadowknows69 |
May-30-06 08:34 PM |
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A lot of Iraqis already made that choice |
Terran1212 |
May-30-06 08:37 PM |
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The only terrorists in Iraq are American troops and mercenaries. |
BuyingThyme |
May-30-06 09:17 PM |
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K&R! |
Jeffersons Ghost |
May-30-06 10:45 PM |
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you may be assured |
ulysses |
May-30-06 10:47 PM |
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Well, what |
survivor999 |
May-30-06 10:50 PM |
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Your autofire meme delivery system seems set on |
omega minimo |
May-31-06 12:18 AM |
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Yeah, despicable acts deserve despicable rhetoric |
Philosoraptor |
May-31-06 04:30 AM |
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Dispicable acts (and DU) don't deserve phlippant phraming |
omega minimo |
May-31-06 09:14 AM |
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I'm really phanning the phlames of unrest aren't I? |
Philosoraptor |
May-31-06 02:05 PM |
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Phunny |
omega minimo |
May-31-06 03:55 PM |
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You speak the sentiments.. |
Javaman |
May-31-06 09:54 AM |
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There's a David Rovics song, |
Minstrel Boy |
May-31-06 01:44 PM |
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There is no excuse. |
Spinoza |
May-31-06 01:58 PM |
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From, "We were just following orders", to, "We were stressed out" |
Philosoraptor |
May-31-06 02:02 PM |
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That actually would be a wrong analogy... |
Solon |
May-31-06 03:36 PM |
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I have always said |
BoneDaddy |
May-31-06 02:19 PM |
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Freedom fighter, not terrorist |
warrens |
May-31-06 02:20 PM |
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I would welcome the soldiers as liberators and eagerly accept democracy |
Ezlivin |
May-31-06 02:23 PM |
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isn't that what Hitler bamboozled the German people with? |
newspeak |
May-31-06 02:58 PM |
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I may be wrong, but |
Yupster |
May-31-06 11:37 PM |
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I would do everything possible to protect my family and myself. |
ShadesOfGrey |
May-31-06 03:15 PM |
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no, if the person or persons who killed your child |
newspeak |
May-31-06 03:44 PM |
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Really? I'd go after everyone in uniform? |
ShadesOfGrey |
May-31-06 04:15 PM |
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well, you haven't lived it yet, have you? |
newspeak |
May-31-06 04:22 PM |
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Huh? |
ShadesOfGrey |
May-31-06 06:40 PM |
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sorry if I misinterpreted your thread |
newspeak |
May-31-06 10:29 PM |
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Yeah, I just can't imagine myself |
Yupster |
May-31-06 11:39 PM |
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K&R....Gimme Death or Gimme Liberty |
AlamoDemoc |
May-31-06 04:21 PM |
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