I was thinking about it, you know, like I do about stuff, and the thing is… and this is a pretty important thing, if you happen to be a terrorist… but terrorism is not only cruel and evil, it is also completely ineffective. Don’t take my word for it. You can Google it yourself. There is not one instance in all of history where a group achieved substantial long-term goals through the use of terror.
If women had tried to get the vote and achieve equality by hijacking aircraft, they would still be barefoot, pregnant and making a sandwich for some man in a kitchen somewhere. If African-Americans in America had tried to get better treatment by planting bombs in markets, there would still be white-only drinking fountains in the South. Gay people didn’t resort to going on shooting rampages or strapping explosive vests to themselves, and now they can get married.
No, you know what did work? Social change brought about by changing people’s minds. You peacefully demonstrate. You get your message out with catchy phrases and public relations campaigns. You use the media to explain why your goal is a good one.
The really sad and ironic part of all this is that some of the original terrorist groups had perfectly valid points they were trying to make. The Palestinian people did need a homeland. They did need a voice in the politics of Israel. They were being marginalized. People would have realized that eventually. But then the PLO got frustrated and decided to try to speed up the process with horrid acts of violence.
And now, these acts of terror have become the standard method of demanding the attention of the world. And it does work for that. You do get noticed when you perform acts of terror… but not in a way that makes people want to see your point of view.
Now you are all engaged in a competition to see who can outdo the other terrorist groups in the pure scale of the terror. Sooner or later, the rest of the people on the planet are going to get sick and tired of this nonsense and come to the conclusion that the only way to end this vicious cycle is to hunt you all down in your nests and exterminate you, no matter what the cost.
So why not break the cycle? Try something new. Spread your message with flowers… maybe try staging the biggest peaceful demonstration in history. Instead of setting off bombs, try setting up giant floral arrangements. Instead of initiating a massacre, try to see if you can paint the world’s biggest mural on the side of a mountain. Instead of shooting school girl’s in the head, why not try setting up more schools for them, or soup kitchens, or what-the-hell-ever.
What do you have to lose?
Oh, and one last thing. I am fully aware of the fact that you prefer to be called ‘freedom fighters’ rather than ‘terrorists’… but I can’t help noticing that the first thing you always do when you take over any territory at all is to establish a bunch of new rules for everybody else to follow, and you kill them if they don’t… so let’s be honest, you aren’t really interested in freedom for anybody but yourselves.
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Another old post… ironically, I think this is the one that all my spam has been aimed at lately… what’s up with that, WordPress?
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I’m pretty sure I commented on the post the first time you posted this, and I don’t want to repeat myself. What I think I didn’t say last time, was that terrorists and freedom fighters can be the same people. It’s just freedom is a goal and terrorism is their chosen way to get it. And then there is the question of what exactly those “freedom fighters” define as “freedom” – because for some Palestinian groups, “freedom” means Middle East fully cleared of Jews. Or closer to home, “religious freedom” means not letting gay people marry and women have abortions
You make a good point.
Please don’t give politicians the satisfaction of calling these activities Terror Attacks, they are NOT they are political attacks. Anyone who doubts this go to search & write False Flag Terror attacks.
The SOBS want war, plus France wants to back Russia.
Like 9/11, they even found passports. How convenient.
These are all the players from the same countries behind this latest attack. 9/11, 7/7 you name it.
Now update yourself on 9/11. This video clearly shows the mentality of your politicians toward health, jobs etc., how they are LAUGHING about how you feel about what is going on.
Not all but certainly those in higher positions of power.
not the time… not the place… and an attack that uses terror is, by definition, a terror attack.
I think a political attack would be, say, Donald Trump calling other candidates not fit to be president because they are not Donald Trump. This is a terrorist attack, whether it was Muslim extremists or someone pretending to be Muslim extremists.
You are probably right, if you want the ordinary person to keep their heads in the sand about where the responsibility lies.
Keep their eyes looking in another direction for the real danger.
So be pedantic all you like.
and by all means, feel free to believe every conspiracy theory that suits your paranoia…
It’s better if the people don’t know that all recent terrorist acts and wars are secretly being planned by reptiloid aliens.
why worry them
They aren’t even bothering to state a goal anymore… other than the destruction of nonbelievers.
That’s still a goal.
oh… right
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Terrorism sucks!!!! Why are we allowing these people to continue with this? I say hunt them down, and decimate them, before they begin to think they are invincible and can get away with anything and everything!!!!
I think we are trying to do that… but if you have an idea of how to do it faster, I am all ears.
Unfortunately, these people just don’t seem to be interested in calling CIA, MI-6, or Mossad to tell them where they can be found.
Good point!
we have those here now and then!
sneaky bastards!