Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Canoogs]

Yeah, Muslims almost exclusively kill other Muslims in "terrorist acts" in the many ongoing civil wars in the Middle East, Africa, Pakistan etc. Sunni versus Shia, fundamentalist versus moderate etc.

Suicide bombing in a tourist area of Istanbul only 3 days ago wasn't exactly an act of war. Nor was suicide bombings at a mosque in Nigeria that killed 22 a week ago, nor the bombing of a bus in Pakistan on the same day that killed 15. The world's been ****ed for a long time, and just because we don't have the kinds of terrorism that we used to (like Ireland, the Basque and cold-war Germany) doesn't mean the rest of the world changed.

 

[BornPort]

Only because the media's definition of 'terrorist' is 'public violence committed by a Muslim'.

Mosques have been destroyed in arson attacks in Australia. Nobody calls those responsible for those attacks 'terrorist'. But if a bunch of Muslims burnt down a Christian church?

Has anybody ever heard Martin Bryant being referred to in the media as a terrorist?

I actually don't think terrorism is that big of a deal for people living in the West when you look at the statistics(in the US you're more likely to be killed by a Police officer than a terrorist) but you should probably come up with some better examples for your position than two acts that pretty clearly wouldn't be defined as terrorist attacks by law enforcement or anyone else.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Burning down a church, unless it is full of people at the time, is highly unlikely to be an act of terrorism.

Martin Bryant is a mass murderer not a terrorist.

I think you just proved his point.

 

[manureid]

I actually don't think terrorism is that big of a deal for people living in the West when you look at the statistics(in the US you're more likely to be killed by a Police officer than a terrorist) but you should probably come up with some better examples for your position than two acts that pretty clearly wouldn't be defined as terrorist attacks by law enforcement or anyone else.

Colour dependent.

 

[Steve Dore]

Suicide bombing in a tourist area of Istanbul only 3 days ago wasn't exactly an act of war. Nor was suicide bombings at a mosque in Nigeria that killed 22 a week ago, nor the bombing of a bus in Pakistan on the same day that killed 15. The world's been stuffed for a long time, and just because we don't have the kinds of terrorism that we used to (like Ireland, the Basque and cold-war Germany) doesn't mean the rest of the world changed.

Didn't the PKK claim responsibility for the Istanbul bombing and Boko Haram claim responsibility for the bombing in Nigeria. The fire bombing of Dresden by the Allies in February 1945 would be a "terrorist act" by today's standards.

But my post you quoted was in response to statistics that show the majority of casualties of terrorist activity are Muslims. I wasn't saying that terrorist acts were associated with wars.

 

[Steve Dore]

I think you just proved his point.

 

[Trewth]

Let's go to war and bombard some cities to curb extremism, cos you know, that's not how extremism starts or anything

On a related note, comments sections on Advertiser posts on Facebook kill more brain cells than a 4 day bender.

 

[Dylan8]

Church burners are likely to be simultaneously black and white

 

[Canoogs]

Has Hitler been mentioned yet?

 

[Steve Dore]

Has Hitler been mentioned yet?

Well I mentioned Dresden but that doesn't quite qualify for Godwin's Law.

 

[BornPort]

Why Warner Bros. decided to leave one of their biggest assets in the hands of Zack Snyder I'll never understand.

 

[Powerstufff]

When you have pirated photoshop and too much time on your hands

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Am caching this for when we discuss post of the year.

 

[Powerstufff]

Church burners are likely to be simultaneously black and white

So gray? Or either black or white? For that matter where are there stories of black church burners?

 

[Grave Danger]

Has Hitler been mentioned yet?

Well I mentioned Dresden but that doesn't quite qualify for Godwin's Law.

Souf Austraya has it's own version, 'Rowe's Law': Has the treachery of 1990 been mentioned yet?

 

[LukeSA]

Souf Austraya has it's own version, 'Rowe's Law': Has the treachery of 1990 been mentioned yet?

It has now.

 

[_VXV]

Church burners are likely to be simultaneously black and white

Oh you...

 

[Dylan8]

So gray? Or either black or white? For that matter where are there stories of black church burners?

 

[Andre]

Burning down a church, unless it is full of people at the time, is highly unlikely to be an act of terrorism.

Martin Bryant is a mass murderer not a terrorist.

No it's the motivation. Was it done in the name of a cause (Religion or otherwise). Bryant was a nut job, therefore he's a mass murderer. If he'd done it to promote the superiority of Christianity, for instance, he'd be a terrorist. It's not that complicated.

Since the Irish/Northern Irish have largely settled the statement that most terrorists are Muslims, even though most Muslims aren't terrorists should be able to said without invoking Hitler. It should be a starting point for where to strike the line/start discussions between discouragement, policing, integration and closed communities. Nut jobs on the Far Right are only matched by those on the Far Left pretending there's no issue or putting the blame 100% on the West.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Church burners are likely to be simultaneously black and white

So it's Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkins fault?

 

[crafty_bernardo]

Why Warner Bros. decided to leave one of their biggest assets in the hands of Zack Snyder I'll never understand.

I thought Zac Snyder is a great choice and from some spoiler-free reviews on the Internet BvS doesn't disappoint.


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[bomberclifford]

Not all campaigners are terrorists but all terrorists are campaigners.

 

[Alberton Proud]

So it's Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkins fault?

That's White and White though

 

[Powerstufff]

Too vague a reference for me.

 

[Grave Danger]

So it's Michael Jackson and Macaulay Culkins fault?

Nope, Stevie Wonder's and Paul McCarney's. Or would that be consecutively?

 

[BornPort]

I thought Zac Snyder is a great choice and from some spoiler-free reviews on the Internet BvS doesn't disappoint.


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Nah it's getting hammered by critics. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/batman_v_superman_dawn_of_justice/

Doesn't mean it can't still be enjoyable but I find RT is usually a pretty good guide as to whether I will like it or not.