Sometimes I laugh until I can't stop screaming.

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 10:46 PM

http://www.contracostatimes.com/poli...nclick_check=1

Defense Department sees protests as terrorism

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Antiterrorism training materials used by the Department of Defense teach that public protests should be regarded as "low-level terrorism," according to a letter of complaint sent to the department by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.

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Among the multiple-choice questions included in its Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness training course — an annual training requirement for all DOD personnel that is fulfilled through Web-based instruction — the department asks the following: "Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorist activity?" To answer correctly, the examinee must select "protests."

(More at link.)

Doesn't that just make you want to eat stars and shit stripes?

Aliantha · 06-15-2009, 10:48 PM

Well I suppose their reasoning is that protesters are amassing a group of people to pressure another group or corporation or government into doing what they want.

The definition of terrorism includes words like fear etc, so I assume a group of people gathered together might make some people scared.

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well I suppose their reasoning is that protesters are amassing a group of people to pressure another group or corporation or government into doing what they want.

The definition of terrorism includes words like fear etc, so I assume a group of people gathered together might make some people scared.

By that standard, I'm a terrorist because I weigh 120 kilos with a bald head and a fu-manchu mustache.

Problem is, our constitution specifically calls out the right to protest, in any size group, so long as the group is peacable.

But that's just a silly piece of hemp some hippies wrote on back 220 years ago. We keep it in the Smithsonian to keep the government from literally shitting on it.

morethanpretty · 06-15-2009, 10:52 PM

I just scream, completely skip the laughing.

Fuck this terrorism shit, and our gov't. Go anarchy!

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by morethanpretty

I just scream, completely skip the laughing.

Fuck this terrorism shit, and our gov't. Go anarchy!

You have to learn to see the humor in these things.

TGRR,
Goin' out with a smile.

DanaC · 06-15-2009, 10:53 PM

Wow. That's worrying. Not entirely a huge surprise...but nonetheless

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Wow. That's worrying. Not entirely a huge surprise...but nonetheless

At least we aren't in Britain. They've started waterboarding regular (accused) criminals now.

So we'll be doing that sometime next week.

DanaC · 06-15-2009, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TGRR

At least we aren't in Britain. They've started waterboarding regular (accused) criminals now.

So we'll be doing that sometime next week.

Yeah...dont be fooled by that whole not carrying guns thing.

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

Yeah...dont be fooled by that whole not carrying guns thing.

You hear about that shit? Over here, it was just a blip. I would have missed it, except I have little news bots that filter out the funny shit for me.

Sundae · 06-16-2009, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TGRR

You hear about that shit? Over here, it was just a blip. I would have missed it, except I have little news bots that filter out the funny shit for me.

Well, yes. It's not "what the funny foreigners are doing" over here, it's proper news.

Aliantha · 06-15-2009, 10:56 PM

Well you did almost inflict terror on the cellar with your pictures...sooooo...

Funny, I never pictured you as a big guy. I had something different in mind. lol

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well you did almost inflict terror on the cellar with your pictures...sooooo...

Funny, I never pictured you as a big guy. I had something different in mind. lol

I look like this:

Except there's only one of me. Most times. Also, my skin color is normally "ruddy", not "toxic yellow".

Aliantha · 06-15-2009, 11:00 PM

I thought you were 'comic book guy' for a minute

TGRR · 06-15-2009, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

I thought you were 'comic book guy' for a minute

Who?

Aliantha · 06-15-2009, 11:06 PM

From the Simpsons. Do you watch the simpsons?

06-15-2009, 10:48 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well I suppose their reasoning is that protesters are amassing a group of people to pressure another group or corporation or government into doing what they want. The definition of terrorism includes words like fear etc, so I assume a group of people gathered together might make some people scared. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-15-2009, 10:52 PM	#4
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	I just scream, completely skip the laughing. Fuck this terrorism shit, and our gov't. Go anarchy! __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

06-15-2009, 10:56 PM	#11
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Well you did almost inflict terror on the cellar with your pictures...sooooo... Funny, I never pictured you as a big guy. I had something different in mind. lol __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-15-2009, 11:00 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I thought you were 'comic book guy' for a minute __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

06-15-2009, 11:06 PM	#15
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	From the Simpsons. Do you watch the simpsons? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

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