living With Terrorism

[PrintMule]

You should be more afraid of a muslim (violent or not) demonstrations trying to force their religion or their sharia laws down your throats, than a terrorist bomb.

[semaforo]

You should be more afraid of a muslim (violent or not) demonstrations trying to force their religion or their sharia laws down your throats, than a terrorist bomb.

    How about anyone who tries to force their religion or laws down your throat? Including governments!

  I get it- people are afraid of what they don't understand. And sure, fearmongering is good for the economy, but look at it this way- with free flow of capital, goods, and services over national borders thanks to bitcoin, so much economic growth will be generated that we won't even need to make up and propagate a war on terror anymore! Is anyone here aware that Al-Qaeda was literally made up by the CIA?

[ewitte]

You should be more afraid of a muslim (violent or not) demonstrations trying to force their religion or their sharia laws down your throats, than a terrorist bomb.

Religion the way it is was created to divide people

The way life was intended - Celebrate differences and bond over similarities

What we are taught - Bond over similarities kill over differences

Its subtle but that's what is driven into peoples brains.  War, illness, etc is profitable.

[TheGovernedSelf]

Out of disgust at the beheading of a British soldier in London i went on an EDL march.

Do you do that whenever a white man murders someone?

[mprep]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

lol true

Maybe. But the ones who blow up buildings are worse I think.

[semaforo]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

lol true

Maybe. But the ones who blow up buildings are worse I think.

  The ones in office are scared that their monopoly in blowing up buildings is being encroached upon.

[Elwar]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

lol true

Maybe. But the ones who blow up buildings are worse I think.

Are we talking about the ones in office or terrorists?

[semaforo]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

lol true

Maybe. But the ones who blow up buildings are worse I think.

Are we talking about the ones in office or terrorists?

   Wait, both are terrorists because they try to achieve political goals by killing civilians.

[dm8]

The US has not been attacked since Pearl Harbor

whoa, im no expert on american history but the japanese aluetian campaign would be the most recent invasion of american territory? proper landgrab rather than just some bombing?

[pac1]

Out of disgust at the beheading of a British soldier in London i went on an EDL march.

Do you do that whenever a white man murders someone?

This was not a murder it was a statement.

[ewitte]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

lol true

Maybe. But the ones who blow up buildings are worse I think.

Two in the same if you dig deep enough.

[gollum]

a lot of people in the UK are worried that extremist islam is taking over, how much of the world is seeing this ?
how much of the world is having the same problem..

The extremists are searchers that has become victims of negative emotions in their path for wisdom.
We can hope for their emotional healing by showing love and respect instead of fear and hate.
Love your enemy as Jesus teaches, love is stronger and more sustainable than any weapon.

[PrintMule]

Only possible outcome from loving your enemies would be some sort of reward in heaven, which in turn does not exist.

[Matthew N. Wright]

It's not about love, it's about respect. Respect everyone and you will have no enemies, just people of different views. How immature do you have to be to look at an entire nation's population of various dynamic beliefs and interests and label the group "enemy"? The US is no more an enemy to me than China, Russia, or even North Korea. If you want to argue that their leadership needs to be removed, then why aren't we fighting wars against leaders instead of civilians? Terrorists are disgusting because they kill civilians. Terrorism towards leaders is not terrorism, it's revolution.

[wdmw]

Only possible outcome from loving your enemies would be some sort of reward in heaven, which in turn does not exist.

Have you ever loved your enemies?  It can be its own reward to not fill yourself with anger and hatred, despite your beliefs about an afterlife.

[hawkeye]

How immature do you have to be to look at an entire nation's population of various dynamic beliefs and interests and label the group "enemy"? The US is no more an enemy to me than China, Russia, or even North Korea. 

Right.  I've always found this nationalist concept so silly.  Like I'm supposed to like any particular Australian better than any of my friends overseas because the person is Australian and my other friends aren't.  It's just dumb tribal bullshit.

Who should be regarded as the enemies in this world?  Those who act peacefully and live their lives or those who act violently towards others and disrespect property rights?  Who are the people we should really be concerned about?

Why are there terrorists?   Why do we provide financial support and give credence to so many ruthless dictators over the last few decades?   If we lived in one of these countries, and we looked at other richer countries that were financing those who kept us down, how would we feel?   How desperate might some people feel?  Root causes are important.

[Matthew N. Wright]

How immature do you have to be to look at an entire nation's population of various dynamic beliefs and interests and label the group "enemy"? The US is no more an enemy to me than China, Russia, or even North Korea.  

Right.  I've always found this nationalist concept so silly.  Like I'm supposed to like any particular Australian better than any of my friends overseas because the person is Australian and my other friends aren't.  It's just dumb tribal bullshit.

Who should be regarded as the enemies in this world?  Those who act peacefully and live their lives or those who act violently towards others and disrespect property rights?  Who are the people we should really be concerned about?

Why are there terrorists?   Why do we provide financial support and give credence to so many ruthless dictators over the last few decades?   If we lived in one of these countries, and we looked at other richer countries that were financing those who kept us down, how would we feel?   How desperate might some people feel?  Root causes are important.

Out of one side of their mouth, some bitcoiners scream foul at the entity of "government" (instead of specific corrupt individuals inside it), yet are happy to mimic them with the other side of their mouth in equal corruption, by preaching of libertarian ideals and free markets, while raping consumers with pre-orders on never delivered items.

I lost faith in this community the moment some people were begging the community not to let Bitcoinstore fail and saying that it's good for bitcoin, etc. Suckers, every single one of them. Cultist suckers who don't realize they are falling for a new government, a government run by the rich and corrupt. Cultism is bad when it's anti-Bitcoin statist cultism, but it's equally bad when it's blind pro-Bitcoin propaganda cultism too. We need rationality here to survive and take with us the remnants of any failures. Without rationality, no one learns from any of the mistakes and some continue on like idiots, blaming everyone else for their poor financial decisions.

[wdmw]

How immature do you have to be to look at an entire nation's population of various dynamic beliefs and interests and label the group "enemy"? The US is no more an enemy to me than China, Russia, or even North Korea.  

Right.  I've always found this nationalist concept so silly.  Like I'm supposed to like any particular Australian better than any of my friends overseas because the person is Australian and my other friends aren't.  It's just dumb tribal bullshit.

Who should be regarded as the enemies in this world?  Those who act peacefully and live their lives or those who act violently towards others and disrespect property rights?  Who are the people we should really be concerned about?

Why are there terrorists?   Why do we provide financial support and give credence to so many ruthless dictators over the last few decades?   If we lived in one of these countries, and we looked at other richer countries that were financing those who kept us down, how would we feel?   How desperate might some people feel?  Root causes are important.

Out of one side of their mouth, bitcoiners scream foul at the entity of "government" (instead of specific corrupt individuals inside it), yet are happy to mimic them with the other side of their mouth in equal corruption, by preaching of libertarian ideals and free markets, while raping consumers with pre-orders on never delivered items.

I lost faith in this community the moment people were begging the community not to let Bitcoinstore fail and saying that it's good for bitcoin, etc. Suckers, every single one of them. Cultist suckers who don't realize they are falling for a new government, a government run by the rich and corrupt. Cultism is bad when it's anti-Bitcoin statist cultism, but it's equally bad when it's blind pro-Bitcoin propaganda cultism too. We need rationality here to survive and take with us the remnants of any failures. Without rationality, no one learns from any of the mistakes and everyone continues on like an idiot, blaming everyone else for their poor financial decisions.

Unfortunately, you just collectivized the individuals that use Bitcoin and this forum.

[Matthew N. Wright]

Unfortunately, you just collectivized the individuals that use Bitcoin and this forum.

Updated. (Thanks for correcting my laziness, that happens often when I go into rant mode)

[veteranBtc]

The only terrorists I've ever seen are the ones in office.

They are named> Legal terrorists