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ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com)

Posted by yaelk on from the isis-threatens-again dept.

wjcofkc writes: A group of ISIS supporters have threatened to take down Facebook and Twitter, as well as their leaders. In a 25-minute propaganda video released by a group calling itself "the sons of the Caliphate army," photographs of both technology leaders are riddled with bullets. The video was first spotted by Vocativ. The threats are being made over the two companies' efforts to seek out and remove terrorist-related content on their respective platforms. The group is quoted as saying, "If you close one account, we will take 10 in return and soon your names will be erased after we delete your sites, Allah willing, and will know that we say is true."

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  1. Shouldn't ISIS be more worried about Tim Cook? by rsborg · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Oh, I got my terrorist organizations mixed up. My bad #notFBI

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  2. They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    A world without Facebook? Whatever would we do?

    1. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Noah+Haders · · Score: 5, Insightful

      it's like, "if you dare to interfere with our propaganda, we'll retaliate by shutting down the service on which we distribute our propaganda!" Seems poorly thought out.

    2. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by wjcofkc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I know that was tongue in cheek, but still:

      Thought independent outside of obsessing over "likes" and "friends".

      No more walking off cliffs because your posting to Facebook. (this of course excludes general texting)

      Living socially normal lives.

      No more armies of people baffled that I among others are not on Facebook.

      A vast reduction in narcissistic selfies.

      (maybe) an increase in general civility as people would be forced to have face-to-face conversations within close physical proximity.

      A steady increase in gray matter across a few billion people.

      The avoidance of entire generations of kids that are socially inept and who knows what else developmental oddities because, well, facebook.

      I could go on but that's a lot of typing. Maybe someone else take over?

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    3. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by alvinrod · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Considering that they believe in a magical sky fairy and that their actions are destined to bring about an apocalypse, I don't think critical reasoning is one of their strong suits.

    4. Re: They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well, not quite. You can see that with the Yazidis, where in captured towns, the men face genocide and the women sexual slavery.

      They also separate out different kinds of non-believers. "People of the Book" can pay the tax and be subservient -- Jews, Christians, and depending on who you ask, possibly Sikhs, Zorastrians, Mandeans, Hindus, and Buddhists. Yazidis are not people of the book, so they are are officially and explicitly in the "convert or die" camp -- Bahai, and atheists would also not be.

    5. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by gringer · · Score: 2

      Considering that you refer to their God as a "magical sky fairy"

      Their Allah

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    6. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What would you call it?

      Personally, I think people beyond the age of 8 that have an imaginary friend are kinda weird, to say the least.

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    7. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by ericloewe · · Score: 2

      Let's go through it...

      Magical? Definitely a valid interpretation.

      Sky? Yup, checks out.

      Fairy? Well, it depends, but don't let pop culture depictions narrow your view of the many forms fairies take in various myths.

      So yeah, it's an accurate description.

    8. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Phydeaux · · Score: 2

      Ah-ha! Thankfully Jack had enough foresight to start Twitter's Trust and Safety Council. They're just the SJWs to smooth over any potential insults or hurtful words and make any possible concessions needed to keep the ISIS threat quelled. While ISIS is demanding a rather large "safe space", westerners need to check their white, democratic privilege and let these folks self-segregate so as to avoid any "justicesplaining" we might want to inflict on their sensitive feelings and need to provide a welcoming and comfortable environment for the followers of Allah.

      Aloha Snackbar everyone!

    9. Re: They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

      ..possibly Sikhs, Zorastrians, Mandeans, Hindus, and Buddhists.

      This is from personal experiences, working in a British University for over 10 years, 60-80% foreign students, so make of it what you will. Bear in mind, I had to be aware of any undercurrents going on as the last thing I needed was to deal with an outbreak of violence in the Labs, unfortunately, these happened. And, bear in mind, I was dealing with Engineering/Computing/Science students here.

      Regarding Muslims and their attitudes to 'The People of the Book(the extended edition)'

      Sikhs: nope..friction between Sikhism and Islam has rumbled along merrily for centuries (one Muslim student described Sikhism to me as a 'piss take of Islam', general consensus of the Sikhs I knew was 'the only good Muslim was a dead one'..)

      Hindus: not.a.bloody.chance. There was a general disdain of Hindu students by the Muslim students, this became outright open hostility towards Hindus on occasion by Pakistani and Central-North African Muslims (I had to break up fights).

      Zorastrians: Tricky one this, I knew several Zorastrians, but they kept themselves to themselves, so cannot comment on their interactions with the Muslim students (other than to point out again that they made themselves inconspicuous)

      Buddhists: See, the funny thing about not believing in any God as far as Islam is concerned is...The Muslim attitude I experienced ranged from total indifference from the liberals through to they're Kafir, kill with fire from the usual nutters.

      Mandeans: never met any, that I know of (see remark above regarding Zorastrians and being inconspicuous)

      I know there's some stuff out there about 'People of the Book' covering the above groups, but talking to Muslims over the years, even ones who could be described as liberal (e.g. taking Khayyam at his word when he said '..It is better to flourish in the street of the tavern than to wither in the mosque.'), they say it only covers Christians and Jews (the more militant ones would drop the Jews from the list if they dared..but that would eventually open up a large can of worms regarding the origins of Islam, so best left alone..at present).

      Disclaimer: Atheist, but maintain a passing interest (in the spirit of know thy enemy) in religions and their funny ways..

    10. Re: They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Alumoi · · Score: 2

      All the while claiming to be the religion of "peace".

      Oh, please, do fuck off. Remember the Inquisition? Burning at stake? Killing of the unbelivers?
      It's standard practice for any religion: you're either with us or you're next on the list.

    11. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by sabbede · · Score: 4, Informative

      Which is just the Arabic word for the one God worshipped by all three Abrahamic religions. The two words are semantically equivalent, only the language is different. Yahweh = Adonai = Deus = Dio = God = Got = Allah = Concept.Demiurge

    12. Re: They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Shane_Optima · · Score: 2

      Stop lying. It's not standard practice for Tibetan Buddhists, currently under brutal occupation by the Chinese. It's not standard practice for Jains, who advocate extreme nonviolence. It's not standard practice for the Amish, who rely on nonviolent shunning (and they also tend to do things like reaching out and comfort the non-Amish wife of a man who murdered a bunch of Amish schoolgirls.)

      There's always a kernel of unpredictable danger in any dogma that insists you believe the impossible, but it is just slander to insist that all religions are equally violent at all points in time. The danger from Christianity is far from over, but at this point in time any Christian equivalent of ISIS or Saudi Arabia would be pretty much unthinkable. If you looked hard enough, the worst you could come up with would probably be some isolated witch trial stuff in Africa, persecution of gays in Jamaica, or perhaps some of the war crimes committed in the Balkans 20 years ago. These are awful atrocities, but to equate them to the worst Islamic theocracies is ridiculous. You cannot find a true equivalence unless you build yourself a time machine.

      It's not irrational or bigoted to notice which ideology is the most dangerous at the moment. And it's certainly not bigoted or irrational to notice how obviously false and cynical the "religion of peace" meme is, especially when it is used to describe how it is commonly practiced in the world today. Islam means submission, which (as any martial arts enthusiast could tell you) is not a peaceful word. Jihad is not a peaceful word. Muhammad was not, on the whole, a particularly peaceful man.

      And it should be possible to talk about Islam in the world today without having lengthy disclaimers and digressions condemning either modern Christian politics or the Inquisition.

    13. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by StikyPad · · Score: 2

      ISIS is about as much of a threat to the world at large as a playground bully. It's a highly localized threat. Sure, on the way home from school, a few punches might get thrown, but it's hardly going to upset the world order. The reason governments care is because they don't want to deal with the refugees, not because ISIS is going to invade.

      Of course ISIS would *love* to destroy America (or Europe, or anyone, really), but intent and capability are two separate things. China has the capability to destroy us, but not the intent. ISIS has the intent, but not the capability. Don't get me wrong -- ISIS believes they have the capability, because they believe they have God on their side, but if we buy into that, who's the real fool?

      We should be paying about as much attention to ISIS in our national security policy as we do to Boko Haram, which is pretty much not at all. Oh no, someone shot his co-workers! That's what we call "Tuesday," in America. In the 80s, it was called "going postal," and it was so common they made a video game about it. Not that it's not incredible shitty for the people involved, but let's keep this in perspective. Our civilization was not shaken to its foundation because of a killing spree. It's a criminal matter, not one of national security, which is the security of our nation as a whole, not the guaranteed safety of every individual who happens to live here, as if such a thing were even possible.

      ISIS doesn't piss me off as much as the reactionary people who use the existence of anyone who doesn't like America to promote some overhaul of society in order to save the nation from a mosquito bite. Make a retaliatory strike if we need to, but full-out war, and all of the sacrifices and paranoid security measures that go along with it, are completely unnecessary. We voluntarily change our lives far more than any terrorist group ever could. But we never learn, it seems.

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    14. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by onepoint · · Score: 2

      While I can understand why you think these people are not a threat to Europe and the USA... let's bring some knowledge into the game;

      China and Russian have tried and failed multiple times to cause the "dollar" to collapse http://www.usnews.com/news/art... is just one of the many examples

      9/11 was caused by a small group of people.

      The ability to create and hack electronic systems has never been easier, if you keep reading slashdot, you'll see that all infrastructures are weak, also, it seems that bio-hacking might be on the rise ( no validation on that aspect, just perspective )

      the sad fact is, if these guys were not on the radar as a threat, they have become now. if I ran facebook or twitter, I would exercise my ability to track and annonomously give information to those that show a missle firing down the pipe...

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    15. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Opportunist · · Score: 2

      My autofellatio-fetish is none of your business.

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    16. Re:They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Not where I live. Actually, a politician who even ponders thinking about mentioning something akin to resembling Creationism as a "valid theory" and something that should be taught in school would very certainly perform political suicide.

      We don't elect lunatics. At least not of the religious kind.

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    17. Re: They'd probably be doing us a favor. by Coren22 · · Score: 2

      FYI, just for your edification, and hopefully to squash your misunderstanding.

      The Yazidis recently on a mountain being attacked by ISIS were Christians. They are people of the book, ISIS doesn't care though, they are out to kill anyone who doesn't believe exactly as they do, even Muslims who are more moderate are beheaded by ISIS.

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  3. The Pen vs the Sword ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Those who think the Pen is mightier than the Sword are about to learn the unpoetic truth that a person with only a pen needs to have some really good friends with swords.

    1. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by Desprez · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think the point is that the person with the pen is able to garner more support from friends and allies, and thus more swords.

    2. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by vux984 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Those who think the Pen is mightier than the Sword are about to learn the unpoetic truth that a person with only a pen needs to have some really good friends with swords.

      The phrase means that in the course of history that ideas are a more powerful force for change than weapons.

      Ghandi's "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." means the same thing.

      The person with a "pen" may die. But his ideas may ultimately change the world, despite the attempt by those with "swords" to prevent it.

    3. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by fnj · · Score: 5, Interesting

      Ghandi's "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

      Gandhi's struggle would have turned out very, very differently had he been dealing with Hitler or Stalin or Mao instead of the British Empire. His methods only work against an adversary who has at least SOME heart or nobility you can leverage and exploit.

    4. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by vux984 · · Score: 2

      Maybe. Had Ghandi simply been executed (ie martyred) that might have catalyzed change as well; although the transition would have been very, very, different.

    5. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by Jack+Griffin · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Gandhi's struggle would have turned out very, very differently had he been dealing with Hitler or Stalin or Mao instead of the British Empire. His methods only work against an adversary who has at least SOME heart or nobility you can leverage and exploit.

      I don't think you fully grasp the concept. ie Gandhi's philosphy is still be taught, supported, and followed. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao not so much. So yeah I think his pen still beats their swords.

    6. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by mjwx · · Score: 2

      Ghandi's "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

      Gandhi's struggle would have turned out very, very differently had he been dealing with Hitler or Stalin or Mao instead of the British Empire. His methods only work against an adversary who has at least SOME heart or nobility you can leverage and exploit.

      Not necessarily. Remember that India was pretty far from England, so the British empire had to spend huge amounts of funds to police India with British forces rather than local forces (which was the preferred method of the British Empire). China can only control Tibet because they're right next door, controlling Ghana would be a different kettle of fish due to the expense of keeping soldiers stationed overseas, not to mention serious morale problems.

      Violent resistance also doesn't guarantee results. The Irish had rebellions for hundreds of years before the British allowed them to vote out of the empire. A more brutal opponent who cares less about trade than control would just keep smacking them down (see: Russia and Georgia/Ossetia ).

      All rebellions, violent or otherwise work on the same principle. Make it too expensive for a foreign empire or despotic domestic power to stay. Non violent means are harder, but pay better dividends when they work (violent rebellions tend to be destructive and result in militaristic leaders taking power).

      It also helped that the British Empire was a parliamentary democracy and had been since the 1700's and that their overseas operations were essentially run as corporations.

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    7. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by drnb · · Score: 2

      Gandhi's struggle would have turned out very, very differently had he been dealing with Hitler or Stalin or Mao instead of the British Empire. His methods only work against an adversary who has at least SOME heart or nobility you can leverage and exploit.

      I don't think you fully grasp the concept. ie Gandhi's philosphy is still be taught, supported, and followed. Hitler, Stalin, and Mao not so much. So yeah I think his pen still beats their swords.

      Gandhi's philosophy is being followed by who? Nuclear armed India, India who fights over Kashmir? Apparently not. The Tibetans being ethnically cleansed by China? Maybe them. The ethnically cleansed Christian communities of Iraq? Maybe them too.

      Hitler, Stalin -- Are you seriously saying their philosophies are not being followed? Both were role models to various strong-men dictators of recent times.

      Mao -- Tiananmen Square protests/massacre of 1989. Can the Pen in China even mention the actual events?

    8. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by drnb · · Score: 2

      Gandhi's philosophy is being followed by who?

      Seriously?

      Nuclear armed India, India who fights over Kashmir? Apparently not.

      You know that 'India' is not a person right? And the entire Indian race don't all share the exact same philosophical views yeah? Or are you really that ignorant?

      Gandhi's creation, an independent India, abandoned his non-violent philosophy, immediately committed atrocities and ethnic cleansing upon itself, split into two countries, two countries that periodically war with each other. Seems a new sword triumphed as soon as the old sword, the British, left.

      Hitler, Stalin -- Are you seriously saying their philosophies are not being followed? Both were role models to various strong-men dictators of recent times.

      Yes because their "philosophies" is their pen. Their tanks and bombs were their swords (see how it works now?)

      Yes, sword wins. Hitler was only defeated by those who put away the pen and picked up swords.

      Mao -- Tiananmen Square protests/massacre of 1989. Can the Pen in China even mention the actual events?

      If you've ever been to China you would see that since the 80's China's rule has become more benign. This didn't happen with guns or swords.

      Nice dodge. More benign is an extremely relative thing, besides being a highly debatable claim. There is little room for criticism of the CCP today. And the question remains, how many Pens in China are telling the truth of Tiananmen. Swords rule in China.

      Over and over and over, the pen is secondary to the sword.

    9. Re:The Pen vs the Sword ... by wwalker · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Heart of mobility my ass. Talking about the Bengal famine in 1943, Churchill said: âoeI hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits."
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  4. New Facebook emojis by DigiShaman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just in time for the Zuck to respond with *angry face*.

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    1. Re:New Facebook emojis by vel-ex-tech · · Score: 2

      I've found the infidel!

      How dare you depict the Prophet's angry face!

    2. Re:New Facebook emojis by HornWumpus · · Score: 2

      (((:~{(>

      Asked and delivered.

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  5. Ob Kum Ba Ya by Hognoxious · · Score: 2, Informative

    So the lesson is that even a sadistic bunch of mediaevalist nutbag bandits aren't entirely bad...

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    1. Re:Ob Kum Ba Ya by Tablizer · · Score: 2

      Why don't they make their own (anti) social network: MedievalBook or something? They can share decap pics among friends and fam.

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  6. 25-minute propaganda video by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> 25-minute propaganda video

    Anyone seen SlashDot's video editor lately? A 25-minute rambling screed sounds like the kind of thing that's typically posted here.

    1. Re:25-minute propaganda video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Except that this video is actually getting some attention here.

    2. Re:25-minute propaganda video by whipslash · · Score: 5, Informative

      We discontinued videos due to popular demand

    3. Re:25-minute propaganda video by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why would you do that? If Facebook or Twitter or even Microsoft these days have taught me anything, it's that if users don't like a feature, you DOUBLE THE FUCK DOWN ON IT! Make it impossible to ignore! Make it pop up how great it is every single time a user logs in! "Accidentally" reset the user defaults back to reenable it!

      What's this "listening to users" thing? That's, like, web 1.0 thinking.

    4. Re:25-minute propaganda video by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Dude, stop messing with the order of things. Our job is to complain about stuff and your job is to ignore it. Now you come in and give us what we want.

      Care to tell us what we should complain about now? YOU TOOK UUUR JUUUUB!

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    5. Re:25-minute propaganda video by whipslash · · Score: 4, Interesting

      They weren't free so there is cost savings. We just didn't think any ad revenue gained by them was worth hurting the /. user experience. We removed the Jobs section too that DICE had created.

    6. Re:25-minute propaganda video by whipslash · · Score: 5, Funny

      Haha well I guess you could complain about lack of https and unicode support for at least another week or three

    7. Re:25-minute propaganda video by Opportunist · · Score: 2

      Yeah, that gives ... wait. What do you mean by "another week or three"? You can't take that from us! That's the staple of /. ranting since the inception of this page, this goes back way longer than some of the contemporary users are alive!

      You see, any time we complained and ranted about something on /., and it was suddenly gone and there wasn't anything wrong anymore, we could always rely on being able to say "but there is still no Unicode support!" It has always been a reliable checkmate move.

      *sniff* I can't help it, it's like watching an old, reliable friend die.

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    8. Re:25-minute propaganda video by whipslash · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What I meant was https will be first, then unicode support

    9. Re:25-minute propaganda video by Megol · · Score: 2

      And for that I thank you!

  7. Maxim 29. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less
    (The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries)

  8. Did they say which accounts? by goombah99 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would make sense if they were to kindly list the accounts they want to stay open. Otherwise how is Facebook supposed to know which is an Isis supporting page and which is a Ted Cruz supporting page.

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  9. big talkers by frovingslosh · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll believe it when it happens. I think it is just a bogus attempt by ISIS to try to win American's favor.

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  10. I agree by JustNiz · · Score: 2

    I think the end of Facebook and Twitter would actually make the world a significantly better place for many reasons.
    Just one example would be during my commute every day its unusual to not see multiple morons (for whatever reason its nearly always women) that are drifting into other lanes, suddenly hard braking, or or causing multiple other problems by not keeping up with the busy traffic flow around them, because updating their facebook status is clearly more important than paying any attention to controlling 2 tons of metal barelling down the freeway.

  11. Re:Hahahaha..hahahahahahaha...hahaha.. wait... by amicusNYCL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think part of the reason why the threat is funny is because they are threatening to "delete" Facebook, like you can just click on it and press the Del key and, that's it, no more Facebook. It's also funny because you have some sort of international terrorist group threatening the founders of social networks because they keep getting kicked off. They don't sound so tough and scary when they're whining about getting kicked off Twitter.

    Anyway, it's funny in the same way that Donald Trump being the GOP nominee for president is funny. You don't expect them to have success so it's funny to see the bluster. And, if they actually did have success, then yes, the entire world would recoil in shock and horror, stock markets would collapse, there would be a general panic, laws would be passed that restrict our rights, and the US military would immediately spring into action and start attacking everything in sight.

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  12. The important thing to remember about ISIS by hey! · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is that they're very, very media savvy. They understand the value of PR, and are not above saying things they don't have any real plans to do just for the publicity effect. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure they'd be happy to lop off a few CEO heads (especially the Jew), but I'm guessing their primary aim is to keep us talking about them.

    And you know, we do have to talk about them, because that's the way our society operates and they know it. But we don't necessarily have to give their chest-thumping any credence. I think that's the primary thing they want; if we treat them as powerful then they will gain credibility and that will attract adherents. So let's review; the guys they're threatening are famous, high profile billionaires. They're already attractive targets for domestic terrorists and criminals; they're not soft targets for any screwball ISIS might inspire to martyrdom.

    ISIS also can get other things from from making largely empty threats. They can get whip up American anti-Muslim sentiment, which serves ISIS's purposes very well. The droves of Muslims eager to get away from ISIS's control undermines the legitimacy ISIS's claim to having established a new caliphate, so they are very quick to publicize the fact that anyone trying to leave is going to get kicked by Hungarian cameramen.

    If you don't want to be an unwitting ISIS stooge, take a deep breath and put them in perspective. Sure, they're a bunch of dangerous fanatics, but they're 6000 miles away. And yes, they're bound to have a few homicidal crackpot adherents here in the USA, but those crackpots are just a drop in our big bucket of homegrown homicidal crackpots, and we hardly give our native nutcases any attention at all. We're already taking our homegrown fanatics and mass killers in stride, so it's just a marginal effort to worry about ISIS.

    That's ISIS in a nutshell for us: they're a marginal concern. Not to say ISIS doesn't have a place on the list of the things we need to be concerned with, but it hardly deserves to be the center of our foreign policy, much less the center of our national policy.

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  13. Terrorist organization going after a billionaire by spiritplumber · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You know, if you put Robert Downey on it, it'd make for a good movie.

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  14. Re:Charlie hedbo by Opportunist · · Score: 2

    Yes, it is funny. Those clowns are by default funny, and their insane antics that border on Korea's Li'l Kim and his megalomania are even more.

    Sorry, but I can't take those asshats serious. We're talking about grown men who get all riled up over someone offending their imaginary buddy by drawing a picture of him.

    How the FUCK could you take lunatics like that serious?

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  15. Allah willing by SylvesterTheCat · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "If you close one account, we will take 10 in return and soon your names will be erased after we delete your sites, Allah willing, and will know that we say is true."

    But, what if Allah doesn't will it?

    1. Re:Allah willing by Tablizer · · Score: 3, Funny

      what if Allah doesn't will it?

      Click to Unfriend him.

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    2. Re:Allah willing by StikyPad · · Score: 2

      It's funny you point that out. In Arabic, Insha'Allah -- God willing -- is basically a filler word. They say it *all the time*, to roughly the same degree a teenager would say "like." It's unlikely they gave it's inclusion any thought, but perhaps they should. :)

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  16. Re:If first they "execute" rather than "ignore" .. by StikyPad · · Score: 2

    The audience isn't the government; it's the populus. And given that Hitler, Stalin, and Mao were ultimately unsuccessful -- and only one by armed conflict -- I think it's safe to say that superior ideas triumphed over superior physical might.

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