Comments on: What does it take to be called a terrorist?

By: ms

ms — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:39:27 +0000

stacks wanted to change the tax law for himself, not any altruistic motive behind his plane-bombing. and his diatribe against the “system” and his threat that “he is the first of many” who will be “inspired by his one single act of rebellion”. and now he has fan-websites? what is wrong with people? do ends always justify the means? only divide that exists is between the murderer and the murdered.

By: Patrix

Patrix — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:26:37 +0000

Of course, Nidal Hassan was a terrorist when it was revealed that he killed for ideology rather than personal reasons. Joe Stack’s ‘manifesto’ is similar. At least I don’t think that there is a right-left divide in calling acts of terror what they are. Rest is all politics.

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 05:13:34 +0000

Wasn’t there a lot of hand-wringing and hemming-and-hawing among liberal circles when it came to calling Nidal Malik Hasan a terrorist? Let’s call him as well as this dude a terrorist. After all, wasn’t Ted Kaczinski also called a terrorist?

Seems to me that if we combine the left and the right, we will get the correct yardstick – since both have their weak spots/taboo areas which complement each other. ;) :)

By: Patrix

Patrix — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:13:43 +0000

@Maitri: Actually that movement should be called Pro-White-Christian-American-Life but that makes a longer bumper sticker. @Niket: On the street. And nope, I will not stop you :)

By: Niket

Niket — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:09:07 +0000

“What does it take to be called a terrorist?”
Minority? Middle-Eastern descent?

“dancing naked on the street is a crazy act”
Why is dancing naked “crazy”?

By: Maitri

Maitri — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:31:27 +0000

“Correct me if I am wrong but environmental nutcases who blow up empty SUVs and burn vacation homes are labeled eco-terrorists but a government-hating individual who pre-plans a dramatic attack that resembles a previous attack on this country is a plain old criminal or a crazy person?”

And religious zealots who pre-plan assassinations are just “protecting life.” That’s right. These are the absurd times we live in. Logic and reason are lost on these sheep. Welcome to hell.