Technically Impossible for White People to be "Terrorists"

[Feck]

Sorry but who else recently has carried out co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings esp in Western Europe ..ETA ... maybe but an attack on Norway was either a local grown Nutjob or muslims . There are many countries that a bomb and shooting could have happened where there is known terrorism and everyone might not have jumped to that conclusion .

[Gawd]

Sorry but who else recently has carried out co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings esp in Western Europe ..ETA ... maybe but an attack on Norway was either a local grown Nutjob or muslims . There are many countries that a bomb and shooting could have happened where there is known terrorism and everyone might not have jumped to that conclusion .

"Co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings"? Have you forgot what the Jews in Israel are doing extrajudicially or what Americans have been doing for decades?

[Don't Panic]

If an act of terror automatically raises the name of a group as a potential perpetrator, then that group has a pre-disposed association with causing terror, because they caused terror. If they don't want to be associated with causing terror, they shouldn't cause any terror.

Americans.

Non-military Americans are bombing buildings and shopping malls and subways and going on shooting rampages, releasing poisonous gas into crowds, beheading diplomats and blowing themselves up?

That's thanksgiving and the day after, isn't it?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Sorry but who else recently has carried out co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings esp in Western Europe ..ETA ... maybe but an attack on Norway was either a local grown Nutjob or muslims . There are many countries that a bomb and shooting could have happened where there is known terrorism and everyone might not have jumped to that conclusion .

"Co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings"? Have you forgot what the Jews in Israel are doing extrajudicially or what Americans have been doing for decades?

[Warren Dew]

Non-military Americans are bombing buildings and shopping malls and subways and going on shooting rampages, releasing poisonous gas into crowds, beheading diplomats and blowing themselves up?

Timothy McVeigh did a pretty good job of bombing a building. I'd count him as a terrorist even though he wasn't working with an organization. Arguably, he was a successful terrorist, too, as incidents like Ruby Ridge and Waco do not seem to have been repeated since then.

Shooting rampages aren't too uncommon in the U.S. either, though I don't know of any as extensive at the Norway attacks.

[Gallstones]

Shooting rampages are terrible and terrifying, but not necessarily terrorism.

I already brought up Timothy McVeigh and Ted Kaczynski.
Ted has issues that mitigate his crimes that Tim didn't.

[Gallstones]

Ruby ridge and Waco, are either examples of terrorism committed by representatives of the US government?

I'd accept Waco as being one.
If incompetence counts.

[Feck]

Sorry but who else recently has carried out co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings esp in Western Europe ..ETA ... maybe but an attack on Norway was either a local grown Nutjob or muslims . There are many countries that a bomb and shooting could have happened where there is known terrorism and everyone might not have jumped to that conclusion .

"Co-ordinated bombings and mass shootings"? Have you forgot what the Jews in Israel are doing extrajudicially or what Americans have been doing for decades?

Erm no I haven't but that does not make it likely that the IDF or Zilla and Ian did it this sort of attack on Norway was either a home grown nut job or Muslims .

[FBM]

Ted Kasz..Kehzx..Kazsc...The Unabomber.

[Warren Dew]

Shooting rampages are terrible and terrifying, but not necessarily terrorism.

By the strict definition of "use of terror tactics to attempt to achieve political aims", I'd say this particular shooting spree doesn't qualify as terrorism either. He may want muslims to leave Norway, but it doesn't seem likely that muslims would be terrorized into leaving the country by the shooting of a bunch of Norwegians at summer camp. I strongly suspect the shooter's motives were somewhat different from that. It seems to me more likely he was trying to kill off the next generation of leaders of a political party he opposed, which would be assassination rather than terrorism.

Ruby ridge and Waco, are either examples of terrorism committed by representatives of the US government?

I'd accept Waco as being one.
If incompetence counts.

I was citing the changing of U.S. government policy to end incidents like that as McVeigh's political aim for his terrorist act. The political aims need not have anything to do with terrorism.

Out of curiousity, though, why would you consider Waco to be terrorism and Ruby Ridge not? Killing someone's dog, son, and wife doesn't really seem justifiable as "reasonable force" for failure to appear.

[Svartalf]

Gawd's just jealous that he's not an American.

While America's glad he isn't.

As is our black President.

Pity Kenya isn't Jewish. That would have been really funny to watch.

Well, Ethiopia and Erithrea are full of Semites, even if most Jews of the areas (known as Falasha) have been imported to isrrael as cheap labor in the 80s and early 90s...

[Svartalf]

Gawd's just jealous that he's not an American.

While America's glad he isn't.

As is our black President.

Pity Kenya isn't Jewish. That would have been really funny to watch.

Wouldn't really make any difference from Obama since he is Jewish.

Wait? Obama is Jewish? since when? I've hear lots of things on him, but that's news to me.

[Svartalf]

I demand proof that Obama is not a Jew!!!

As the tea party, they have full proof he's actually a muslim, and that he wasn't even born in the US to an American mother.

[Robert_S]

I demand proof that Obama is not a Jew!!!

As the tea party, they have full proof he's actually a muslim, and that he wasn't even born in the US to an American mother.