Friday, April 26, 2013
WHENCE TERRORISM?
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a left leaning nonprofit that monitors groups it deems hateful and extremist, is the group that inspired Floyd Corkins to walk into the Family Research Council , a Christian organization, intending to kill people and smear their faces with Chick-fil-A sandwiches.
Trying to get past the really demented idea of spreading Chick-Fil-A sandwiches on people (which might be considered bad taste), here is yet another example of a leftist involved in what liberals say is a right-wing, Christian activity: domestic terrorism.
The truth is, and always has been, that terrorists, foreign and domestic, tend to be liberal, leftist, and/or anti-American.
That is not an absolute, because there are really disturbed people in every venue of life. But the numbers are pretty convincing, in spite of liberals in panic mode, trying to blame conservatives for such acts.
It is my contention that we will not reduce terrorist activity until we address the issue of the hearts and minds of mankind. We are just too prone to evil as we are, and there is nothing can be done about it from a sociological perspective.
Education, in and of itself, won’t help. The best educators in the universe have not been able to curb the incidence of terrorism.
Philosophy won’t help. The world has had great philosophers since Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, and they have not succeeded in reducing terrorism.
Science won’t help. We live in the scientific age, and scientists have not found a way to assuage terrorism.
Religion, per se, won’t help. In fact, a great deal of terrorism is perpetrated by a religion that specifically and deliberately promotes terrorism as a part of its doctrine.
Psychology won’t help. This pseudo-science can neither predict nor dissuade those bent on committing terrorist acts.
So, wherein lies the answer, if not to properly address changing the hearts and minds of mankind?
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, a left leaning nonprofit that monitors groups it deems hateful and extremist, is the group that inspired Floyd Corkins to walk into the Family Research Council
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Evidence please.
You might wish to point out that gays have been subjected to serious, serious violence in America and have organized to reclaim their rights with very little violence.
Gay political organizing actually contradicts your theory.
You fail once again, Joe.
Ducky: "Evidence please."
You didn't check the links.
So if a group is persecuted it is permissible to commit terrorism against a group that might differ with them philosophically?
In other words, if a guy commits terrorism against a Christian organization because they support natural, normal human behavior, it's OK.
Typical liberal non-logic.
I see nothing in the links which support your contention that the SPLC was the source of the attack.
As I stated, given the long term serious persecution of gays, it is instructive that gays used the political process so non violently and effectively to combat people like yourself who think they are abnormal.
Keep digging, Joe. Keep digging.
Ducky: Either you did not read the links or you did not watch the short video, in which the terrorist, himself, said that SPLC inspired him to go after FRC because of their "stance" on gays.
So in some clip this guy says he looked up Family Research Council on the SPLC web site and that makes them culpable for his assault?
Please Joe, do better. Are you implying that the truth about FRC can't be spoken?
Unknown:"...implying that the truth about FRC can't be spoken?"
No. I am implying that you have a very hard time expressing yourself in a way that makes sense or develops discussion.
Joe - "It is my contention that we will not reduce terrorist activity until we address the issue of the hearts and minds of mankind. We are just too prone to evil as we are, and there is nothing can be done about it from a sociological perspective."
And how do you propose to do that Joe? Lay your cards on the table? Get everyone in the world to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior? Convert the Jews and the Muslims?
Because history has shown that Christianity is the ONLY way to quell violence, establish an environment of inclusiveness, peace and tolerance of opposing points of view.
If everyone in the world would just give up their culture and beliefs and embrace YOUR culture and beliefs, all would be right with the world.
Is that where you're going with this in your 'oh so subtle' way?
Joe - I'll tell you where terrorism comes from. It's incredibly obvious.
"Terrorism" is nothing more than asymmetrical warfare.
Asymmetric warfare is war between belligerents whose relative military power differs significantly, or whose strategy or tactics differ significantly.
"Asymmetric warfare" can describe a conflict in which the resources of two belligerents differ in essence and in the struggle, interact and attempt to exploit each other's characteristic weaknesses.
Such struggles often involve strategies and tactics of unconventional warfare, the weaker combatants attempting to use strategy to offset deficiencies in quantity or quality.
[1] Such strategies may not necessarily be militarized.
[2] This is in contrast to symmetric warfare, where two powers have similar military power and resources and rely on tactics that are similar overall, differing only in details and execution.
The term is frequently used to describe what is also called "guerrilla warfare", "insurgency", "terrorism", "counterinsurgency", and "counterterrorism", essentially violent conflict between a formal military and an informal, less equipped and supported, undermanned but resilient opponent.
"Terrorism" is the term used by an established government or regime to describe any armed and determined opposition to that entrenched seat of power.
From a British perspective, the American revolutionary forces employing guerrilla tactics would have been classified as terrorists.
Our country was founded and established by using terrorist tactics against the British occupying force.
"Whence Terrorism" you ask?
Oppression is the seed, suppression is the fertilizer and colonialism is the pollinator.
We continue to reap the bounty crop that we planted and cultivated.
XO: "Is that where you're going with this in your 'oh so subtle' way?"
You certainly do envision yourself as perceptive, don't you?
"...asymmetrical warfare."
What a bunch of socio-babble!
Terrorists are barbarian bullies. Apparently you empathize with them.
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