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Topic Started: Jan 3 2006, 06:39 PM (2,260 Views)
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Pearl Harbour wasn't a terrorist act. Pearl Harbour was an act of war. Big difference.
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Probably because it was an offical act of war by a nation, not a group.
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People being murdered is a sideeffect of terrorism. Terrorism is not about killing people, it's about envoking terror in the enemies to use for your benefit.
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Like Windsword said, 2000 people were murdered on 9/11, not to mention a huge blow to our economy. Omni, you should feel ashamed of youself for trivializing that.
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I'm not trivializing that. I would never do that. It was an awful thing. But I do not think it was awful enough for phones to be tapped. The reason I posted there were only 5 attacks was to show that terrorist attacks are few and far between. If in 84 years we've had 5 attacks, that's about 1 attack every 16 years, 9 months and 18 days. The combined lives lost in all the earthquakes we've had in those 84 years is greater than the lives lost in those 5 attacks. I was actually going to list those earthquakes, but there are faaaar 2 many. Why do we still have the media talking about 9/11 and not mention these awful earthquakes?
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Ask yourself: What can we do agianst Earthquakes? Then ask yourself, what can we do agianst Terrorism?
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there might be only 5, but if you look at the dates, they get more and more often in more recent times, 4 of those 5 were since 1975.

What can we do against earthquakes?

Build homes that can take the shaking and install safety features, i've seen them, and with funding it can be done, but plenty of people wouldn't want to move into a new home or pay for that safety.

Terrorism will never go away, well, not as long as humans are around at least.
(Though, naturally, it can be reduced, which is the task at hand)
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Psio
Jan 7 2006, 10:56 PM
there might be only 5, but if you look at the dates, they get more and more often in more recent times, 4 of those 5 were since 1975.

What can we do against earthquakes?

Build homes that can take the shaking and install safety features, i've seen them, and with funding it can be done, but plenty of people wouldn't want to move into a new home or pay for that safety.

Terrorism will never go away, well, not as long as humans are around at least.
(Though, naturally, it can be reduced, which is the task at hand)

And there were many terrorist attacks on American interests during the 90's. Interests, as in Navy ships, barracks, US embasies, etc etc.
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Jan 7 2006, 10:02 PM
Psio
Jan 7 2006, 10:56 PM
there might be only 5, but if you look at the dates, they get more and more often in more recent times, 4 of those 5 were since 1975.

What can we do against earthquakes?

Build homes that can take the shaking and install safety features, i've seen them, and with funding it can be done, but plenty of people wouldn't want to move into a new home or pay for that safety.

Terrorism will never go away, well, not as long as humans are around at least.
(Though, naturally, it can be reduced, which is the task at hand)

And there were many terrorist attacks on American interests during the 90's. Interests, as in Navy ships, barracks, US embasies, etc etc.

Uh. If they're not publicized, they're not terrorist attacks. Media is terrorism's best friend.
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Just because you were like 5 when they happend doesn't mean they didn't get any media attention.
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Jan 7 2006, 10:06 PM
Just because you were like 5 when they happend doesn't mean they didn't get any media attention.

Name the groups involved, the date, the time of the attack, and why they were so particularly frightening.
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http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/terror.htm
http://www.cargolaw.com/2000nightmare_cole.html
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jh.../08/wbom08.html

Tell me those arn't terrorist attacks.
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That's all fine and dandy, but there's one problem. Terror has to do with public reaction, not how bad the attacks were.
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Jan 8 2006, 03:45 AM
Ask yourself: What can we do agianst Earthquakes? Then ask yourself, what can we do agianst Terrorism?

What can we do abou a terrorist atack? Stop suporting Isreal, Sadia Arabia, ect. We need to dtop being so damn greedy and think of the Middle Eastern people, not what resorces they have. If we would stop to help the people of the middle east and stop bashing thier religion we could probably end the hatred of the United States forien policy.
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    I must not fear.
    Fear is the mind-killer.
    Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
    I will face my fear.
    I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
    And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
    Where the fear has gone there will be nothing.
    Only I will remain.

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Jan 7 2006, 11:17 PM
That's all fine and dandy, but there's one problem. Terror has to do with public reaction, not how bad the attacks were.

Richie, an act being a terror attack has to do with intent. All of those are terrorist attacks, and you would be insane to say otherwise. Terrorist intended to frighten the US.

For a list of terrorist attacks on the US (because there are alot more than what I listed:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001454.html

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What can we do abou a terrorist atack? Stop suporting Isreal, Sadia Arabia, ect. We need to dtop being so damn greedy and think of the Middle Eastern people, not what resorces they have. If we would stop to help the people of the middle east and stop bashing thier religion we could probably end the hatred of the United States forien policy.

Your insane. Stop supporting Israel!? Yeah, let us ALLOW the other middle eastern countrys go in there and destroy Israel. Screw the Jews, THEY are in the wrong.</sarcaism>

We do NOT bash their religion (at least our government doesn't), and we DO help them. See overthrowing Saddamn Hussian. Here is a FACT. Arab Terrorist attacked us FIRST. Surrender to those scum is not an option.
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