Terrorism ("if" you were a terrorist)

1. First off, is terrorism a good thing or a bad thing for the world? Please tell why.

2. What would it take to drive you into becoming a terrorist?

3. What would your main goal be as a terrorist? And how would you accomplish that goal?

4. If you could explain it, what do you think would be the kind of terroist you'd become?

5. Just what would you truely be against in the world? And why?

 

How could terrorism possibly be good for the world? How does violence solve anything? That is a very moronic question that I would expect to hear from a 15 yr. old.

Most terrorism is not what you think it is. Most terrorism is state-sponsored and/or state-orchestrated. Most of the "terrorists" that are used in large-scale terrorist acts are simply government patsies, who either don't know they're being used, are paid informants, or are mind-controlled or mentally deranged dupes. Most homegrown terrorism is usually the low-level stuff, like car bombs and stuff like that. There is no way that Muslim extremists could pull off something like 9/11 by themselves.

Now you ask if terrorism is a good thingh or a bad thing? That depends on who you're referring to. Who does terrorism benefit most? The terrorists or government, who use terrorism as a pretext to wage wars and clamp down on the public?

Obviously GOVERNMENT stands the most to gain from terrorism. So terrorism, whether genuine or not, ALWAYS plays into the hands of governments.

I can understand what drives some people living in war-torn countries to acts of violence, but in no way do I condone violence towards innocent people, which terrorism usually hurts most.

But like I said, terrorism as most people know it is nothing that it seems. Large-scale terrorism is waged by governments to manipulate the minds of the public, getting them to accept measures they otherwise wouldn't. It's the psychology of fear, and governments know how to use fear to control the public and get them behind their agenda.

Why are you asking these questions?

 

1. from my point of view,terrorism is a bad thing. i may be going out on a limb to say that, and i might be biased in that i'm from a country that's a high-value terrorist target.
2. a foriegn military occupation (non canadian, and it's a case by case basis for most countries). or a complete fascist take-over/genocide.
3. kill as many people as possible.
4. a very effective one.
5. that's just #2 in a different wording.

 

Terrorism isn't neccesarily violence. Terrorism is the use of terror as a weapon, aka any way that someone inflicts total terror into a group of people is terrorism.

 

I dont see the point in terrorism.

Allah told me to park a car outside a nightclub in the heart of London, he also told me to fill it with nails and petrol. He said it would benefit the world.

Whats the point in shit like that. I hope all the terror suspects in the U.K get caught.

 

terrorism according to robot chicken. lmao!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xd9RunsNwfI

 

the term terrorism is subjective(i think thats the right term haha). no one is realyl a terrorist. the american revolutionaries of the american revolution are patriots and heros. but not to the biritish. same as the car bombers in Iraq. freedom fighters to some, terrorists to others.



also terrorism is the use of 'violence' for to make a political or social statement. but like i said. it all depends on whos side youre on.


and violence *can* benefit people. i give you the american revolution and the french revolution. its only when its mindless or taken too far that it becomes wrong.

 

Violence was once a necessary evil but we have arguably progressed to such technological and sociological heights that it is obsolete.

I really feel for the terrorists who don't have the ability or the awareness to use nonviolent methods to improve their lot in life, because of their circumstances, but what can I do for them? I will certainly never condone the killing of innocents. At some point you have to realize that these men are unfortunate victims, complete pawns in the hands of vicious fundamentalist warlords. Some people are just plain foolish, and it is up to the enlightened few to educate the many. It's one thing to keep an open mind, but to condone a concept as barbaric and primitive as violence to hold our world society back is a crime against humanity.

That is why it is the duty of super powers like the USA to set an example for wise and harmonious living. By stooping to the level of terrorists ourselves, we have given in to them completely.

The time has come for the USA to realize the foolishness and rigidity of our western ideals and integrate some eastern self growth concepts into our lives such as meditation and the use of cannabis as an aid for spiritual enlightenment.

Let's tackle health while where at it. Diet, exercise, even simple deep breathing is lacking in the general American populace. There is almost no awareness or recognition of energy (as in chi) as a concept. We are in sorry shape and it needs to change. A healthy body houses a healthy mind.

 

Are you doing a marketing study, you have a product you want to sell to potential "terrorists"? I bet they are wide open to it???

 

1. Terrorism, I'd say is bad for the world. But then the term terrorist is very similar to the term freedom fighter, so it depends on how just the cause it.

2. My freedoms being eroded so heavily by terrorism that I had to become one to resolve the situation.

3. Although slightly backwards, to win back the freedom that we've lost through legislation regarding terrorism.

4. I'd try to be peaceful and not to kill anyone if possible, but again it depends of the cause and the motivations I had.

5. I don't understand what you mean, sorry.

EDIT: It also disturbs me that some of you seem to equate terrorist to Muslim. What about all of the militant white supremacist groups? In my opinion the Ku Klux Klan were terrorists. What about the IRA? American Revolutionaries? The communist fighters in the V'tnam war? Open your minds, terrorism isn't exclusive to Islam/the middle east.

 

shut up. you have a really nasty habit of making up peoples arguements for them. quit it.

 

What disturbs me most is all of Sign Related's polls. Bet he's part of a marketing group.

 

I don't like being used. And I think many times forums like this are used by marketers to sell their messages. We give them the data, and next thing you know we hear it spewed back at us in little speeches by politicians. They model their messages to meet the bigger market. I say let them get out and talk to us one on one.