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976  Assistance and Feedback / The Inferno / Re: Re: Hamas protests Cartoon on: February 21, 2008, 06:47:01 AM
"Haha. I am trying to work out which poster this is. "

North America.
977  Assistance and Feedback / The Inferno / Re: Zionism, Jews and Forums! on: February 20, 2008, 10:20:01 AM
What a bunch of crazy pinheads. They have an entire forum dedicateed to their game of breaking bigotry rules (if they dont do it on the first try, they'll keep trying until they do), so they can come back to their hive and yak about how they found another "jewish controlled forum".


anyone would like to see self-rightious ignorance at it's best, this is the forum for you.


btwe- why did you post this in the inferno?
978  Political Discussions / United States / Re: Some cops are grade A assholes. on: February 19, 2008, 08:32:31 PM
"You better learn how to shut your mouth or someone's going to kill you"

Ditto cop.  Apparently the cop was suspended.

Just a question: are all the cops in Baltimore that fat? Honestly does anyone think that guy can do 50 push ups? Or maybe run a block? He was breathing heavy after walking ten paces and knocking over a fetus.


Just askin'
Ahk
979  Assistance and Feedback / The Lobbyist (Off Topic) / Re: "Why women talk a lot"? on: February 18, 2008, 06:15:32 PM
^^ That'd make a hell of a signature Abraxas. People would forget what they were speaking about
980  Assistance and Feedback / Forum Announcements / Re: New "Rules" on: February 17, 2008, 11:08:50 AM
4. Previous mods/admins may ignore rules 1-3.
981  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: Modern Day Terrorism. What is it, and what groups are Involved and Where? on: February 17, 2008, 11:01:57 AM
That's valid Peis, you can't slap 'terrorist' on every religious zealot, and you can't claim every terrorist is a religious zealot, (although the term zeal would certainly apply).

But what if the 'terrorists' in question are religious zealots (or led/"educated" by them)?


Ahk
982  Assistance and Feedback / Forum Announcements / Re: New "Rules" on: February 16, 2008, 08:06:18 AM
Couldn't wait till April 1st.
983  Assistance and Feedback / Forum Announcements / Re: New "Rules" on: February 16, 2008, 06:58:08 AM
2. All forum members not moderators or admins will from here on in be known as "the masses of the Unwashed", or in a pinch simply "the masses"

3. Each new year one of the masses shall be chosen, by the other masses, for sacrifice.
984  Assistance and Feedback / Forum Announcements / New "Rules" on: February 16, 2008, 06:55:29 AM
1. All posters must now begin each new post/thread with the phrase; "If it so please the mods that I do humbly express..."






985  Social Discussions / Philosophy and Religion / Re: Philosophy of Psychology on: February 16, 2008, 06:52:10 AM
"Take 2 hits of LSD and call me in the morning."

phfffft. Yeah like you haven't been there. Smiley



"Connecitonists"
That's an interesting one. What is it?
Good post warrior. I think.  Can you dim it down a notch?



Ahk

986  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: Modern Day Terrorism. What is it, and what groups are Involved and Where? on: February 15, 2008, 04:35:23 PM
I still say it shouldn't be too hard to make a deal something like:

I will turn the electricity back on and open the border.

OK, if you do that I will stop shooting missiles at you.

It really don't seem that hard.

Go figure.


"victory for us is watching you suffer"
-Hamas



Ahk
987  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: Modern Day Terrorism. What is it, and what groups are Involved and Where? on: February 15, 2008, 04:32:03 PM
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then the question arises when did Qaeda begin as such? When did it transform from the Afghan jihad facilitation "bed&breakfast" enterprise into a regular terrorist group?

When muhadjadeen money and the power/prestige that came with it ran dry. saudi muhadjadeen were never liked much from what I understand.


As to the military targets well sure it's more difficult I agree. As I say though, it's also much less 'terrifying' for civilians, who are after all the intended target of the message. Not only are the civilians easier but it makes a 'bigger noise' around the world. That's what i said, i thought.


ta da.
Ahk
988  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: Modern Day Terrorism. What is it, and what groups are Involved and Where? on: February 15, 2008, 12:32:05 PM
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Al Qaeda targeted nothing but military bases until he decided that wasn't getting him the attention he deserved.

when was that period of purely military targetting? Besides Afghanistan jihad against the USSR?

It's right there in the wiki dude. USS Cole? How about the very first sentence of your link?

"Al-Qaeda attacks began on December 29, 1992, when bombs at two hotels in Aden, Yemen kill two Austrian tourists. The blasts were targeting U.S. servicemen on their way to Somalia.[1]"

Also they are suspected of bombing a US military  base in Saudi Arabia, way back in '96, although they havent claimed responsibility. But then al qaeda "proper" was just getting started. A couple of embassy attacks,which while not military, are guarded by military (unike say a cafe) and also represent the gov't in question. I consider that either a hard civi target or a soft military one. You face the same dangers given the countries in question. Right after the USS Cole in 2000 of course was 9/11.

I suppose it's a stretch calling that a "period of purely military targeting", but then I didn't say that.


Ahk
989  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: The News that doesn't fit. on: February 15, 2008, 12:17:46 PM
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Can any of you think of an instance where an ambassador travels cross country to get between capitals?


even though the question was addressed only to the honest and rational, I'll invite myself and speculate that the ambassador was going to visit some places in between the two capitals. Those places could be the areas affected by the insurgency (officials do go there, it's not like "It's dangerous out there, let the folks deal with it on their own"), could be military stations, or maybe he had to meet some elders for talks, or a delegation from Afghanistan. Maybe there was a meeting scheduled between Afghan officials and Pak officials in the border areas to persuade the local elders to abdicate insurgents. Not that I have a money bet staked on the issue.

Huh. Ok. I admit it. That was rational.




Probably you weren't being honest then Smiley
Ahk
990  Political Discussions / Middle East / Re: Modern Day Terrorism. What is it, and what groups are Involved and Where? on: February 15, 2008, 06:28:11 AM
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sounds to whom? In the eye of the beholder. If u ignore words like "terrorists most often  want to.." and " They
Okay Okay OKay.

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But I did say "most often", not "always".

I said "OKAY" already!Smiley Shit, I did say "sounds like".

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OK, terrorists can also target military. I used the totalizing discourse without grounds. But u know what i mean. They can regularly and successfully target only civilians. Targeting military would sooner or later impose prohibitive cost.
Al Qaeda targeted nothing but military bases until he decided that wasn't getting him the attention he deserved.It's my contention that terrorists do not target military bases not because they can't but because it's simply not terrifying enough. If the attack is against society (as you point out) then people are the target, not the military that separates itself from any society it belongs to. People don't pay all that much attention to a military target getting hit, because, well, that's kinda what they're there for. Much more terrifying if you know you can't go to the store or the cafe or the library or the police station or the courthouse.




AHk
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