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I'm a democrat, a liberal and the wife of a paralyzed husband. I don't feel sorry for the Foot Hood shooter because he's lost the use of his legs. Big deal. My husband has lost far more than that. But what you're suggesting is that we just shoot this guy and do away with our justice system in the process. If we did that that would make us, as a country, no better than those we are fighting overseas. Also, the death penalty, to him, might be the lesser of two evils and it will turn him into a martyr to extremists. Think about it.
No, he should have been taken out before he even got to the justice system is what I meant, I was trying to be nice.
The justice system is now become a joke. With Holder running things you will see the justice system become a circus act.
Wait and see, even the criminals Acorn can now sure the government and defy the system.
Tot he poster above who believes Columbine was a terrorist act:
PLEASE STOP CALLING COLUMBINE A TERRORIST ACT.
Goodness people, can someone really be that lost to think that Columbine was a terrorist act.
Please learn the difference before posting anything else.
So wait, now you're arguing that all those are terrorist acts? Do you call the Fort Hood a terrorist act? How about Columbine?
Don't worry, Clinton was the pres. when Columbine happened. It was all his fault!
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Originally Posted by tablemtn
Absolutely.
Was Columbine designed to advance any sort of ideological agenda, or were the targets chosen for ideological reasons? If so, I don't know of it. That doesn't make the attack any less horrendous, but "terrorism" is not a term with precise boundaries. I think the wider question is this - is every spree shooting an act of terrorism?
Surely they are all acts of terror, but the "ism" part means something extra. It means some sort of connection to a larger ideology or political activity.
For instance, I would classify the Unabomber as a perpetrator of terrorism, as opposed to just "terror," since he had a specific ideology in mind, and he intended violence to at least partly draw attention to that ideology.
That's also why the Beltway sniper attacks don't really qualify as terrorism; the perpetrators seem to have been deranged sociopaths rather than deranged sociopaths with a specific ideological agenda.
The "ideology" behind Columbine was something like "death to jocks". The victims did seem to be chosen at random.
Goodness people, can someone really be that lost to think that Columbine was a terrorist act.
Please learn the difference before posting anything else.
Please STOP putting words in my mouth. I have never ever said, posted or thought that Columbine was a terrorist act. Please learn to keep your posters straight before going off on one of them.
Please STOP putting words in my mouth. I have never ever said, posted or thought that Columbine was a terrorist act. Please learn to keep your posters straight before going off on one of them.
I did not say you said that. I was responding to the poster above that did.
I did not say you said that. I was responding to the poster above that did.
Slow down and think.
You have 3,801 posts and you don't understand that when you quote one poster in your reply you don't address issues that the person above her/him brought up? Hint: You quote that second person/poster separately. It's not me who need to slow down and think.
I don't know why I even get into these things. It's like sitting in commons in 8th grade and overhearing all the drama kings/queens.
tablemtn: Thanks for clarifying.
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