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Ground Zero Mosque
- Thread starter Diz
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Tarvos
helt plötsligt blev det tyst
You can't just be religious and say "it's a reason". It doesn't work like that.
Blastoise Fortooate
Geographical!
Umm, the atomic bomb wasn't terrorism, it was an act of war. o.O I think it might have been able to have been handled better, but it wasn't terrorism.
hopeandjoy
yan ya yan ya yaa iii yaaa
Phantom
Uh, I didn't do it.
Ahem
Terrorism- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Act of War- an act of aggression by a country against another with which it is nominally at peace.
Therefore flying two jet planes into the World Trade Center counts as an act of terror because no country's military was involved and it was a "religious" act. Pearl Harbor was an act of war because it was another country attacking a military stronghold.
The A-bombings on Japan were useds as a "muscle flex" of the US military to make Japan surrender. They were civilian casualties which could have been avoided had another method been taken, but it was still a purely military action and NOT terrorism. Had we not been at war with the country, then yes, but since we were at war no. Besides why are we talking about these events from the past? The topic is about a mosque being built near Ground Zero. '
Note I do not promote the method of the a-bombs being used.
Terrorism- the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Act of War- an act of aggression by a country against another with which it is nominally at peace.
Therefore flying two jet planes into the World Trade Center counts as an act of terror because no country's military was involved and it was a "religious" act. Pearl Harbor was an act of war because it was another country attacking a military stronghold.
The A-bombings on Japan were useds as a "muscle flex" of the US military to make Japan surrender. They were civilian casualties which could have been avoided had another method been taken, but it was still a purely military action and NOT terrorism. Had we not been at war with the country, then yes, but since we were at war no. Besides why are we talking about these events from the past? The topic is about a mosque being built near Ground Zero. '
Note I do not promote the method of the a-bombs being used.
Saith
New member
I still consider it terrorism, because it was using fear to achieve aims. Just because America was at war, in my opinion, does not make it less terroristic.
TC said you wouldn't build shinto shrines at Pearl Harbour. I said that there are churches in Hiroshima.
But yeah, it's opinion, so no more arguing in this arguing place, kay?
Teh Ebil Snorlax
izombie, uzombie, weallzombie
119 million Shinto practitioners in the world, plus people who carry out Shinto practices out of tradition.
Zhorken
groove out!
- Pronoun
- they or she
As if the mythology of the religions that are more common in the western world makes so much more sense....
Aisling
Super Moderator
Another relevant video.
Terrorist chefs!
For Pwnemon specifically (if you haven't given up yet), he addresses the Cordoba thing also.
Terrorist chefs!
For Pwnemon specifically (if you haven't given up yet), he addresses the Cordoba thing also.
Aisling
Super Moderator
nice.
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Number 1 rule of debating on the tCoD forums: don't be a conservative.
or alternatively, have good arguments. as someone (I think it was Eevee) once put it, being outnumbered in a debate shouldn't matter if you're making a decent argument.
Karkat Vantas
Virile God-Snake Tower of Masculinity
Well, it looks as if Pwne failed on both counts.