Originally posted by -Tired Hiker-Well, I read more then 20, so I'd say probably around 6000 people if they had gone through with it...still, it's not that scary...
Well, from what I'm hearing, this could have only been one of at least ten planes. Plus they are till investigating, so who really knows.
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Actually, what would have been the largest terrorist event ever is that scary and it is pretty pathetic of you to make light of it, bardock.Keep your attempts at amused detachment elsewhere. This is a serious thread and should be kept as such.
I am serious and that this would have been the largest terrorist attack ever just shows how very hyped the fear of terrorists attack is.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Why not? Because it is not the attitude you have towards it?
That would really make it a great forum with about 100 whob's (BTW, it doesn't just have to be for one "side"😉 running around.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Well, I read more then 20, so I'd say probably around 6000 people if they had gone through with it...still, it's not that scary...
Well, I'm not here to argue what justifies 'scary', but to attack flights with not only Americans, British, etc. it's an attack against the world, that kinda freaks me out. I'm not like crying and calling my mom, curling in the fetal position . . . it's just scary to think about is all. And if it's not for you, then hey, right on, good for you.
Originally posted by botankus
I supposed everybody could post here saying f*ck gays, america deserved 9/11, christians wear blinders, pro-abortion activists should be decapitated, etc...That would really make it a great forum with about 100 whob's (BTW, it doesn't just have to be for one "side"😉 running around.
What are you trying to say?
Originally posted by Ushgarak
Well, if you want to seriously say the prospect of thousands of people being murdered in one instance is hyped and not scary that really only further exposes how feeble you are.Keep this thread to a discussion about what is going on. Keep your intellectual pretensions elsewhere.
This is a thread about this latest terrorist attack, I would say the amount of fear of it as well as how it generally fits with terrrorism are part of this thread. I understand you don't like to hear it, but frankly, that is your problem, I participate in this thread in a serious and on-topic manner.
Originally posted by -Tired Hiker-
Well, I'm not here to argue what justifies 'scary', but to attack flights with not only Americans, British, etc. it's an attack against the world, that kinda freaks me out. I'm not like crying and calling my mom, curling in the fetal position . . . it's just scary to think about is all. And if it's not for you, then hey, right on, good for you.
It's an attack against the first world you mean?
Originally posted by Bardock42
What are you trying to say?This is a thread about this latest terrorist attack, I would say the amount of fear of it as well as how it generally fits with terrrorism are part of this thread. I understand you don't like to hear it, but frankly, that is your problem, I participate in this thread in a serious and on-topic manner.
It's an attack against the first world you mean?
Hey man, if you support the ideas behind these attacks, just say it.
Originally posted by -Tired Hiker-
Hey man, if you support the ideas behind these attacks, just say it.
Is this the good old "You are either with US or you are with the terrorists" mentality?
I don't support the ideas behind these attacks, I just think they are blown out of proportion for propaganda issues.
Originally posted by Bardock42
Is this the good old "You are either with US or you are with the terrorists" mentality?I don't support the ideas behind these attacks, I just think they are blown out of proportion for propaganda issues.
I could care less if you are 'for the US', whatever that means. As far as propaganda goes, take the news as you will. All I'm saying is that it's scary to think that this almost happened. And who knows, it may happen again in the next few months, who's to say? I think you are blowing this out of proportion.
Originally posted by Bardock42
I don't support the ideas behind these attacks, I just think they are blown out of proportion for propaganda issues.
i have to agree, although with such a hot button issue you might well avoid all the preceding browbeating and finger wagging by just getting right to the point.
Originally posted by -Tired Hiker-
I could care less if you are 'for the US', whatever that means. As far as propaganda goes, take the news as you will. All I'm saying is that it's scary to think that this almost happened. And who knows, it may happen again in the next few months, who's to say? I think you are blowing this out of proportion.
I agree with the propoganda part of it, and I'm shocked that it's actually gotten that much attention. After all, it's supposedly "good news," and good news means low ratings to justify that advertising dollar figure. I figured the story about Maurice Clarett getting maced after holding up somebody at gunpoint would get more attention.
Originally posted by botankusWhat I also found weird (at least in the news I read about it) it wasn't really portrayed as good (that they were stopped) but as bad (that it could happen any time) .... there was also the extensive usage of the word mass-murder, I don't get what they are trying to achieve with that.
I agree with the propoganda part of it, and I'm shocked that it's actually gotten that much attention. After all, it's supposedly "good news," and good news means low ratings to justify that advertising dollar figure. I figured the story about Maurice Clarett getting maced after holding up somebody at gunpoint would get more attention.