"You don't have..." "You don't have..." "You don't have..." You don't have to play the stage. Skip it. "If they already knew you were a spy why did they risk having you on this job, why not just kill you, bring your body in the ambulance at the end and drop your body at the scene?" Because then they'd have to drag your body through the terminal and past all those SWAT. The logistics are a tad impractical. Additionally, it doesn't matter if the attack was multi-national. An American soldier's body was found. The American soldier was on active duty, and was serving under the auspices of the US military. This is cause for declaration of war regardless of whether it was a multi-national effort.
If it is a social commentary against Americans in general, then yes, we'd be pissed about it. As it stands, though, every country has their share of scumbags. Russia is no different. This could have easily taken place in any other country. But to suggest that this depiction of a Russian national going on a rampage as part of a terrorist cell is somehow racist is a sad commentary on society's unwillingness to accept that someone might further the stereotypes that have been propagated by the nation's troubled past. As it stands, a Russian terrorist is a good plot device because it is a plausible one, BECAUSE the country has had a troubled past. The problem is that many people hate to be reminded of this fact. Of course, that's why censorship was born: We don't like to be reminded of the dark side of human nature.
... if you've been critical of the US government for knowing that terrorists were intending to attack on September 11, 2001.
Before 9/11, the FBI received word of possible threats all the time, and there was no way they could possibly pursue all of them. Thus they glossed over the possibility of a terrorist-instigated hijacking of planes and subsequent piloting into buildings.
Now the FBI is trying their best to make sure that doesn't happen again, and are keeping a better eye on ALL possible threats with their Watch List.
So what's it going to be, folks? You can't have it both ways. Don't complain that they're doing their jobs if that's what you demanded in the first place.
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Why don't they ban tobacco, alcohol and Amsterdam's prostitution? Oh wait. That would be CONSISTENT. Sorry.
"You don't have..." "You don't have..." "You don't have..." You don't have to play the stage. Skip it. "If they already knew you were a spy why did they risk having you on this job, why not just kill you, bring your body in the ambulance at the end and drop your body at the scene?" Because then they'd have to drag your body through the terminal and past all those SWAT. The logistics are a tad impractical. Additionally, it doesn't matter if the attack was multi-national. An American soldier's body was found. The American soldier was on active duty, and was serving under the auspices of the US military. This is cause for declaration of war regardless of whether it was a multi-national effort.
If it is a social commentary against Americans in general, then yes, we'd be pissed about it. As it stands, though, every country has their share of scumbags. Russia is no different. This could have easily taken place in any other country. But to suggest that this depiction of a Russian national going on a rampage as part of a terrorist cell is somehow racist is a sad commentary on society's unwillingness to accept that someone might further the stereotypes that have been propagated by the nation's troubled past. As it stands, a Russian terrorist is a good plot device because it is a plausible one, BECAUSE the country has had a troubled past. The problem is that many people hate to be reminded of this fact. Of course, that's why censorship was born: We don't like to be reminded of the dark side of human nature.
...free speech censors itself! Wait, that's not funny. That's horrible. Why would you censor yourself when you don't have to...?
... if you've been critical of the US government for knowing that terrorists were intending to attack on September 11, 2001. Before 9/11, the FBI received word of possible threats all the time, and there was no way they could possibly pursue all of them. Thus they glossed over the possibility of a terrorist-instigated hijacking of planes and subsequent piloting into buildings. Now the FBI is trying their best to make sure that doesn't happen again, and are keeping a better eye on ALL possible threats with their Watch List. So what's it going to be, folks? You can't have it both ways. Don't complain that they're doing their jobs if that's what you demanded in the first place.