World's Happiest People? You Gotta Be Kidding!

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Therefore to call it "the war on terror" is as stupid and meaningless as "the war on drugs".

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My problem with this rhetoric is that it gives the impression that if we fight the war, we can "win". Truth is, we can't "win" on either of these fronts. If there was a Capital city of Terrorism, with an army defending it, we could "win" the war. Ditto for Drugs.But that ain't how it is. Both are problems to manage, not wars to win. War mentality on these problems is, at best, misleading.[This message has been edited by Zhimbo, 10-07-2003]

I haven't read the rest of this thread yet, I've just come across this reply. You're one scary freak, buz, based on the evidence presented in this post.I hope it isn't too obvious to point out, in the context of my post that you replied to, that were we to take your candidate city for the capital of Terrorism, that would not mean the end of terrorism. Surely you agree, right? In fact, it would almost certainly spawn more terrorism.Which is my point that the phrase "War on Terror" is, at best, misleading. War mentality, if we follow your example, would backfire and lead to more terrorism.This is OBVIOUS. I'm sure you understand the point. If you don't, God help you, you're dense. But I'm sure you do.In which case, why did you post this reply? Just because you take any chance at all to spout hateful, ethnocentric rhetoric against another faith? I don't get it.

The scariest part is that you think post 55 contains statements worthy of refutation.My post was about how your statements were irrelevant to my point, and seemed to be born of a deep desire to trash another culture rather than having any bearing on the discussion at hand.Religious extremism occurs in the history of all great religions. (Maybe not Buddhism...any scary Buddhists I'm not remembering?). You're blind to the shortcomings of your own religion and blind to the achievments of Islam, no better than your Islamic counterparts who vilify Jews and Christians.This is my last post on this, as even my post was veering off-topic, and your post got off the wrong exit entirely.P.S. "Scary freak" is pretty indefensible WRT guidelines. I apologize, I was taken aback by your hate rhetoric.[This message has been edited by Zhimbo, 10-08-2003]

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"Perhaps you are confusing Zhimbo and me."

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Hey, I apologized in a passive-agressive manner!