A Terrorist - Nonetheless...
- Thread starter 125gJoe
- Start date
Funny, it was in the Washington Post, and NPR gave it quite a bit of air time yesterday. Maybe you need to change your news sources.
Fact is, there is a legal definition of terrorism, and it was decided that this act did not meet that standard. If you don't like it, write your legislators. They are the ones who write federal laws that the attorneys were following.
This thread is interesting because it points to the fact that a universal definition of terrorism is very difficult to pin down. The U.N. throws up its hands and takes a consensus approach:
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/terrorism_definitions.html
But if we take the Patriot Act's definition of terrorism, it seems to me that any act that any state looks at as violently illegal is, by the U.S.' definition, a terrorist one. Thus, if the U.S. has broken the laws of other countries in a way that is dangerous to human life, then the U.S. is a terrorist organization as well. This definition, I believe, creates all sorts of problems from an international perspective. But it certainly indicts the Graduate Student.
USA PATRIOT Act Definition: "activities that (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. or of any state, that (B) appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping, and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S."
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/terrorism_definitions.html
But if we take the Patriot Act's definition of terrorism, it seems to me that any act that any state looks at as violently illegal is, by the U.S.' definition, a terrorist one. Thus, if the U.S. has broken the laws of other countries in a way that is dangerous to human life, then the U.S. is a terrorist organization as well. This definition, I believe, creates all sorts of problems from an international perspective. But it certainly indicts the Graduate Student.
USA PATRIOT Act Definition: "activities that (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. or of any state, that (B) appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping, and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S."
125gJoe..they won't give up on the "PC" point of view(s). Don't offend anyone, at anytime for any reason....wonder if Mother Nature could do that?
Plain and simple it is terrorism, by his staement, by the Patriot Act, regardless of his racial or ethnic background.
Plain and simple it is terrorism, by his staement, by the Patriot Act, regardless of his racial or ethnic background.
Hmmm...yes....even though I didn't lose any one in my family...I didn't lose any friend(s)...even though I didn't PERSONALLY do any thing to force them to do what they did at the world trade center, (hint: remember 9/11/01), yes, I am taking it personally when people claim they are performing actions based on our reactions to their unfounded hatred.Teelie said:
Actually they usually use Allah's name more than Mohammad.
Every diety, however, has been used to slaughter people. The Crusades were intiated by the judeo christian "God" against "Allah".
Any thought belief that makes a person feel that they can harm or kill fellow humans and it actually be good thing that they benefit from in this life or after it needs to be eradicated.
All it takes is one self appointed "servant of (whatever) god" nuking the planet to wipe out this little human attempt at civilization. Hopefully Bush can't demand a "crusade" with nuclear strikes while holding his particular holy book in his hand.
We are getting too technologically advanced to allow ancient attempts to explain why we are here and how we should live to direct us.
That is one of the greatest threats to our species' survival in my opinion.
Every diety, however, has been used to slaughter people. The Crusades were intiated by the judeo christian "God" against "Allah".
Any thought belief that makes a person feel that they can harm or kill fellow humans and it actually be good thing that they benefit from in this life or after it needs to be eradicated.
All it takes is one self appointed "servant of (whatever) god" nuking the planet to wipe out this little human attempt at civilization. Hopefully Bush can't demand a "crusade" with nuclear strikes while holding his particular holy book in his hand.
We are getting too technologically advanced to allow ancient attempts to explain why we are here and how we should live to direct us.
That is one of the greatest threats to our species' survival in my opinion.
