Understanding terrorism - Page 9

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-30-2005, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

So people are only free to choose what you want them to choose.

No one chooses the tyrant in preference to going free, you bloody, misrationalizing, hemipygian idiot. They can only be browbeaten into it by threats and killings. Do not advocate the slave viewpoint in my presence. You do not think like a free adult human being. Why then do you still have human shape? You should go on all fours, at the end of a leash, slave.

lookout123 · 07-30-2005, 01:17 AM

here trollytrollytrolly troll...

wolf · 07-30-2005, 01:39 AM

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hemipygian

It certainly sounds oogly, but what does it mean?

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-30-2005, 01:40 AM

Do you like raspberry, lookout123? :p

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-30-2005, 01:43 AM

Well put, Wolf, for it's not yet in the dictionaries. Now, if callipygian means "possessed of or pertaining to beautiful or shapely buttocks," I'd say hemipygian works no matter how you slice it, vertically or horizontally.

I know another word for thesaurus, too.

wolf · 07-30-2005, 01:44 AM

Whatever it is, that's not Bruce.

Urbane Guerrilla · 07-30-2005, 01:58 AM

Peter Mark Roget never knew this word, and many editions of Roget don't have it, but later editions do. Roget compiled his immortal tome in the eighteenth century, and the synonym absolutely screams nineteenth-century style.

wolf · 07-30-2005, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Urbane Guerrilla

I know another word for thesaurus, too.

I have a word dinosaur, but I don't use it much.

07-30-2005, 04:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

You said "Why does the Middle East produce terrorists? Because the terrorists are terrified, bottom line. They fear encroachment by the West on their countries and their culture."

You seem to be the expert so why does Britain produce terrorists?

ME? An expert? PFFFFFT! I'm like everyone else around here. I barely know what I'm talking about! However, it is my understanding that we share in common with the UK the English language, the Christian tradition, the same ideals of democracy (remember the Magna Carta?), etc.

Yep, I can hear the Brits now: "OMG, we're going to have to learn the English language, convert to Christianity, and switch over to a representative government!"

Brit1: "I say, Old Boy, I fear the cousins across the pond may impose their upstart culture upon us!"

Brit2: "Shocking, I must say! A real stain on the old school tie! What say we go fly an airplane into the World Trade Center?"

Brit1: "Smashing idea! Shall we arrange for the Queen to issue a Jihad?"

Brit2: "BRilliant! Prince Andrew has always wanted to pay the cousins back for what they did to his great-great-great grandfather in 1776! Cheerio! Pip, Pip, carry on then!"

Or are you talking about the London as "Mecca for Muslim terrorists/boys of Muslim families sent off to summer terror camp" thing? You want me to explain why Britain is responsible for THAT? Try LOCATION! It's much easier to get to London from Pakistan than it is to go the extra frequent flier miles to NYC. Also try history. Remember the British Empire? The East India Company? How about the sepoy rebellion? The Brits have a long history with the area of East India which includes a significant muslim population as in Pakistan, among others. The Brits are used to seeing them walking around. Heck, they're probably Gunga Din's third cousin or something and the Muslim fanatic doesn't have the heart to tell Mrs. Polifax that Rudyard Kipling has died quite sometime back.

Er... earth to UT?

Undertoad · 07-30-2005, 08:03 AM

If you don't really have an answer for the second question ("Why does Britain produce terrorists?") then one has to assume that your answer to the first question ("Why does the Middle East produce terrorists?") is a load of hooey.

I had already assumed that but wanted to make sure everyone else had perspective on it too.

Happy Monkey · 07-30-2005, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

You seem to be the expert so why does Britain produce terrorists?

Every country of sufficient size produces terrorists. Only the numbers are different.

07-30-2005, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

If you don't really have an answer for the second question ("Why does Britain produce terrorists?") then one has to assume that your answer to the first question ("Why does the Middle East produce terrorists?") is a load of hooey.

I had already assumed that but wanted to make sure everyone else had perspective on it too.

Happy Monkey is right, its a question of numbers. Any society will produce a certain number of criminals. Show me your statistics on terrorists from the UK whose family is native to Great Britain and not part of some recently arrived ethnic minority with an ax to grind.

Trilby · 07-30-2005, 01:04 PM

Mari woke up!!!! Hi, Mari!!

Look, I think we can all agree that facts are meaningless...they can be used to prove anything.

07-30-2005, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Mari woke up!!!! Hi, Mari!!

Look, I think we can all agree that facts are meaningless...they can be used to prove anything.

May I quote you on that? OK, lets throw all those stupid facts out the window. I'm right and everybody else is stupid. There, how's that?

Trilby · 07-30-2005, 01:17 PM

Mari, I was quoting Homer Simpson...have another cuppa.

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07-30-2005, 01:43 AM	#125
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Well put, Wolf, for it's not yet in the dictionaries. Now, if callipygian means "possessed of or pertaining to beautiful or shapely buttocks," I'd say hemipygian works no matter how you slice it, vertically or horizontally. I know another word for thesaurus, too. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-30-2005, 01:44 AM	#126
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07-30-2005, 01:58 AM	#127
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Peter Mark Roget never knew this word, and many editions of Roget don't have it, but later editions do. Roget compiled his immortal tome in the eighteenth century, and the synonym absolutely screams nineteenth-century style. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

07-30-2005, 08:03 AM	#130
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If you don't really have an answer for the second question ("Why does Britain produce terrorists?") then one has to assume that your answer to the first question ("Why does the Middle East produce terrorists?") is a load of hooey. I had already assumed that but wanted to make sure everyone else had perspective on it too.

07-30-2005, 01:04 PM	#133
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Mari woke up!!!! Hi, Mari!! Look, I think we can all agree that facts are meaningless...they can be used to prove anything. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

07-30-2005, 01:17 PM	#135
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Mari, I was quoting Homer Simpson...have another cuppa. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

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