OT (or is it?): American Imperialism

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Yes... but according to most of those living by the Koran the people that use it to justify blowing themselves up with lots of other people around misinterpret the Koran and are therefore (not because of the misinterpretation, because of the acts that follow it) are sinners, doomed to Hell.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

Terrorism in the US is now impossible. Al Qaeda is practically beheaded and is without a firm base of operations. The US's internal and external security is so tight, that a large terrorist attack is virtually impossible.

As for the rest, very well put Geoschmo. I certainly hope that happens - though preferably not in forty years, but sooner if possible.

IMO your post is the best so far. If this discussion ends here, I hereby declare you to have "won" this discussion.

[dogscoff]

Terrorism in the US is now impossible.

Terrorism is never impossible- that's one of the reasons all the "security" measures (patriot act et al) now in place are so ridiculous and frightening.

That's not to say we - or you, america- should hide under our/your bedclothes and not come out. Terrorism may not be impossible, but it is still rare, despite what Bush and Blair would have you believe. Save your fear for something with a more significant statistical chance of killing you, like a bizarre laundry-realted accident or being savaged by an enraged giant mutant squirrel or being drafted into the armed forces and sent to the middle east.

Besides, making you live in terror is what terrorsts want you to do. And getting us to give up our cherished freedoms in the name of supposed security is something else they would regard as a victory as well.

[Renegade 13]

StrategiaInUltima said:
Terrorism in the US is now impossible. Al Qaeda is practically beheaded and is without a firm base of operations. The US's internal and external security is so tight, that a large terrorist attack is virtually impossible.

I'm sorry, but large scale terrorism is not impossible. Perhaps large scale Islamic terrorism is impossible, but if I, a Canadian citizen, went down to the US with the purpose of performing terrorist acts, I would have no trouble at all doing it. Why? Because I look like an American. No one could distinguish me from an American visually, so they wouldn't suspect me. How would I do my terrorist acts? Not in the way that the Islamic terrorists flew a plane into a building which was, to be honest, very inefficient with how they did it. Oh yeah, and if I was a terrorist, I can almost guarantee you that you would not catch me for a long time. You'll see why as I explain what a 'smart' terrorist would do:

What would my terrorist activities be?? First, I would travel to California in the summer. No, not for a vacation What would my terrorist tools be? One thing, a box of matches. I would go around to all the forests and start lighting fires. Soon, the entire state would be ablaze. What's that? That's not terrorism?? I beg to differ. I would cause massive destruction, and cost the US feds and state gov't's many millions to rebuild, and put out the fires. Call it economic terrorism.

Next, I would do something else, like blow a few bridges up. Major ones, and trust me, it wouldn't be hard. Build your own explosives, and down goes the bridge. Stop that after a few bridges. Can't let them see a pattern.

You see, there's many ways for large-scale terrorist attacks that don't require dying, or hijacking aircraft. All it takes is a few smart people to figure out a smart way to cause massive damage. There's also a good reason why the 9/11 terrorists chose to do what they did; they wanted to kill Americans, due to an overwhelming hatred. A smart terrorist wouldn't concentrate his efforts on killing people, he'd concentrate on killing the economy. And that my friends, would end up causing a lot more damage than a couple of collapsed buildings, and a few thousand people dead.

Scary isn't it what kind of terrorist ideas a 17 year old kid can come up with. Imagine if a serious terrorist thought of this, and actually intended to do it? What havoc could he cause?

[Renegade 13]

Alarikf, it all depends on context.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

The other uses of this sign do not seem to apply here: it is not a quotation, or spoken speech, or a word of foreign origin, or the name of a book/movie, or a way to delimit propositions.

Erm... could you translate that please?

[Alneyan]

I cannot; I am supposed to be obscure and all. Pitiful attempts at levity aside, I made the list of all usual uses of the " sign to support my claim about why Puke used them. I cannot be sure of why he did it of course, since I am not him. I think.

Since "cultural imperialism" was not a quotation of some kind or another, I made my claim that Puke considered the phrase as not being wholly accurate or adequate. Another such example would be "Why aren't your 'friends" helping you out?", if the speaker considers that you are wrong to call them friends.

*Grumbles* Why do I have the feeling the explanation is even more obtuse than my previous post? Next time, remind me to leave grammar aside.

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

So... you'd be fighting in WWIII. Just don't expect to survive.

Call me a ****ing idiot, but I still believe WWIII will be fought using, amongst other weapons, nukes. If worst come to worst, and we get WWIII, it will most likely involve China and N-Korea... both with nukes... on one camp, and the NATO on the other.

Global nuclear exchange.

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[Atrocities]

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[TerranC]

StrategiaInUltima said:
Call me a ****ing idiot, but I still believe WWIII will be fought using, amongst other weapons, nukes. If worst come to worst, and we get WWIII, it will most likely involve China and N-Korea... both with nukes... on one camp, and the NATO on the other.

*Sigh* I give up. This man is lost to us. Whoever that tries to actually inform him that the cold war is over, I wish him luck.