FLASHBACK: White House Slams French Magazine Charlie Hebdo Over Mohammed Cartoon…

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

a co religionist?

Colorado Regionalist?

[JohnR! 5,495]

It's in the Kama Sutra....

a co religionist?

[LibCampFireClub 635]

First the prez treats the whitehouse door like a barn and now the kids are slamming it shut

[decocker 7,198]

First the prez treats the whitehouse door like a barn and now the kids are slamming it shut

the prez or the ss?

Colorado Regionalist?

tolernance is something i simply can't tolerate. colorado goes double for that.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

A dope smoking islamic geehodee might be more mellow than the non dope smoking counterpart

[decocker 7,198]

A dope smoking islamic geehodee might be more mellow than the non dope smoking counterpart

pretty sure islam forbids ganja use.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

How about a whole lotta virgins, a sharp machete and a Kalashnikov?

[decocker 7,198]

How about a whole lotta virgins, a sharp machete and a Kalashnikov?

a mellow person, surrounded by weapons and would be unaffected.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

New York Daily News pixelates Muhammad cartoon in story about Charlie Hebdo jihad massacre

Its perfectly legitimate to question whether the content of that magazine advanced or cheapened the debate on controversial issues and they were known to have published some material that encouraged the latter interpretation.

Of course, no reasonable person would consider mass murder a proportionate response to anything.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Of course, no reasonable person would consider mass murder a proportionate response to anything.

Well, not if you keep calling it mass murder. Humans have a knack for justifying anything, from infanticide to carpet bombing.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well, not if you keep calling it mass murder. Humans have a knack for justifying anything, from infanticide to carpet bombing.

What's the difference?

No reasonable person would consider terrorism a proportionate response to anything either.

Perhaps you should blow up a dictionary?

Edited January 8, 2015 by Hail Ming!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

No reasonable person would consider terrorism a proportionate response to anything either.

Evidently, the terrorists do. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter - asymmetrical warfare and all that. Not everybody thinks wearing bright red uniforms and marching to the beat of the drum is the only "civilized" way to fight a war.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

We're back to linguistics again.

Terrorism is a politically charged word that ascribes external meaning to an act.

Mass murder is a factual statement of what happened. It does not add or conceal meaning.

These days a person can be labelled a terrorist for writing a racist slogan on a bathroom wall. However the act itself is vandalism. And vandalism is still vandalism regardless of what the perpetrators motivation happned to be..

Edited January 8, 2015 by Hail Ming!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

We're back to linguistics again.

Terrorism is a politically charged word that ascribes external meaning to an act.

Mass murder is a factual statement of what happened. It does not add or conceal meaning.

These days a person can be labelled a terrorist for writing a racist slogan on a bathroom wall. However the act itself is vandalism. And vandalism is still vandalism regardless of what the perpetrators motivation happned to be..

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human being.

Terrorism is a political act - the use of violence or intimidation in the pursuit of political aims.

Words have specific meanings.

[decocker 7,198]

Words have specific meanings.

but when over/misused, the meaning tends to unravel.