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[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The ignorance of some of the Conservatives here is amazing.

The lack of rational and common sense within you conservatives is pathetic.

Meanie

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by scottw

Meanie

haha...

[TheSpecialist]

By your definition not mine.

BTW I would not classify a bank robbery as terrorism because most are in and out, not holding the whole bank or customers for hours on end for a ransom.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

By your definition not mine.

BTW I would not classify a bank robbery as terrorism because most are in and out, not holding the whole bank or customers for hours on end for a ransom.

So a bank robbery is only terrorism if they take hostages? Either way they're still coercing a civilian into handing over money and inciting fear into people.

Where exactly do you draw the line of what terrorism is then?

In all aspects, terrorism is motivated to incite fear in the general population in the domestic territory of a country, disrupt government or create anarchy.

Piracy falls into none of the above. The pirates are purely for profit. They don't want to disrupt shipping, just inconvenience the companies enough so that they pay ransom. If they disrupt profit, then their income goes away.

[TheSpecialist]

The whole country was talking about the piracy episode, not a bank robbery in boston mass. Therefore I think the piracy episode affected the whole country.

[JohnnyD]

Originally Posted by TheSpecialist

The whole country was talking about the piracy episode, not a bank robbery in boston mass. Therefore I think the piracy episode affected the whole country.

The whole country was talking about the murder of Caylee Anthony. Does that now make her murderer a terrorist?

[scottw]

Originally Posted by JohnnyD

The whole country was talking about the murder of Caylee Anthony. Does that now make her murderer a terrorist?

haa, you keep making foolish comments like this and call me rediculous....


ahhh..the whole country was talking about the monkey that ate the lady's face off...does that now make the monkey a terrorist?

geez....get a grip....

[Cool Beans]

"Terrorism: The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons. "

So if a group of pirates, run around taking ships and hostages, influence companies and governments to pay the ransom money. Their acts have influenced the US government enough to increase naval patrols in the area, not only that their actions have influenced a host of governments to send warships to combat their actions. Instead of political reasons behind them they are doing it for cash. Coercing fro money, isn't that different from coercing for political change. The pirates actions instill terror into their victims and have influenced several countries into changing the positions of our warships and are Terrorists.