Is Violence Neccesary?

Is Violence Neccesary?

1BC Civ Forums

1BC Civ Forums

Home

FAQ Links

Welcome Guest ( Login | Register )

Recent Posts

Popular Topics

Home » Off Topic Discussions » More Than a Game, Civ in Real Life » Politics & Religion » Is Violence Neccesary?

70 posts, Page 5 of 7

«««3 4 5 6 7 »»»

Is Violence Neccesary?

Expand / Collapse

Author

Message

5/14/2008 6:42 PM

lame duck

Last Seen:
Yesterday @ 11:44 AM

Posts: 1,802
Visits: 4,333

By alligiance to the cause of US (allies)
-- Never try to impress a woman, bcz if u do she'll expect u to keep up the standard for the rest of ur life. W. C. Fields

5/15/2008 1:35 PM

Elite Pathogen

Last Seen:
Today @ 7:47 PM

Posts: 4,494
Visits: 11,167

We may be the biggest force but the problem is a worldwide problem. The U.S. may be the biggest enemy of the terrorists but their enemy is the "West" in general in which we are a big influence, but we are not the only influence.
-- -A government that is powerful enough to do anything for us is powerful enough to do anything to us. -Fred Thompson -There are two races of people, the decent and the indecent. - Victor Frankel -They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. - Benjamin Franklin Consequences

5/15/2008 1:38 PM

lame duck

Last Seen:
Yesterday @ 11:44 AM

Posts: 1,802
Visits: 4,333

Hmm... dont feel like politiking today... it a thursdee... sky is blue... life is good
-- Never try to impress a woman, bcz if u do she'll expect u to keep up the standard for the rest of ur life. W. C. Fields

5/15/2008 1:51 PM

Elite Pathogen

Last Seen:
Today @ 7:47 PM

Posts: 4,494
Visits: 11,167

You could have just resisted posting and then responded when you wanted....
-- -A government that is powerful enough to do anything for us is powerful enough to do anything to us. -Fred Thompson -There are two races of people, the decent and the indecent. - Victor Frankel -They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security. - Benjamin Franklin Consequences

5/15/2008 5:55 PM

First Lieutenant

Last Seen:
9/17/2008 9:34 PM

Posts: 1,966
Visits: 4,411

"Soft Targets" abound in countries whose intelligence services and security forces have been lulled to sleep. Wasn't it India that just took a pretty good hit by terrorism. Me thinks they thought themselves safe to a large degree, No? When I think on the term "soft Targets" and how it relates to terrorism, I see it myself as a "World Problem". No one is immune to indiscriminante acts of violence. And that, I feel is the difference between War and Terrorism.
-- "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."---JFK Edited: 5/15/2008 5:57 PM by Black Owl

5/17/2008 4:21 PM

lame duck

Last Seen:
Yesterday @ 11:44 AM

Posts: 1,802
Visits: 4,333

For it to be a worldwide problem it has to effect everybody. For example, every society on earth relies on use of fossil fuels, & its finite nature is a worldwide issue. Terrosm only effects select pplz directly involved in the conflict & therefoer is not of golbal nature. It may be a big case of terrorizm (aka AlQaeda brand) or small case (aka PKK), but in both cases it is of limited nature w/out direct influance on the whole of humanity. Therefore AlQaeda type terror (this is wut I was primarily refering to, when formulating me previuos posts) is definately not a world problem.
-- Never try to impress a woman, bcz if u do she'll expect u to keep up the standard for the rest of ur life. W. C. Fields

5/18/2008 12:07 AM

First Lieutenant

Last Seen:
9/17/2008 9:34 PM

Posts: 1,966
Visits: 4,411

EXCUSE ME! Terrorism is not a world problem? You go too far my friend. It better **** well be a world problem, and a world concern. Because we can only guess who is next. Might it be your family? Should it then be a world problem?
-- "The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."---JFK

Locus Coeruleus

5/19/2008 9:19 AM

Radical Centrist

Radical Centrist

Last Seen:
Today @ 6:04 PM

Posts: 5,592
Visits: 27,821

Amen, brother owl, amen! Terrorism is a tactic aimed to strike fear into the hearts of ones opponents. It is a tactic, not an ideology. All of humanity suffers and is at risk when any segment of humanity is offended.
-- Reaching out now and I touch your face, Please believe I'm only traveling. Like seeking wonder from a foreign place, It matters not from where I'm coming. -Ween, "Back to Basom".

5/19/2008 12:02 PM

lame duck

Last Seen:
Yesterday @ 11:44 AM

Posts: 1,802
Visits: 4,333

Well... names have no much effect on the essense. Except for in some cases it serves to detract from it. Calling Terrorizm a global problem is, I think, detracting from the essense. U cant expect the Sudanese to have the same stakes in terrorizm as say the finnish.
-- Never try to impress a woman, bcz if u do she'll expect u to keep up the standard for the rest of ur life. W. C. Fields Edited: 5/19/2008 12:04 PM by -M-