Come on people, lets be mature adults rather than reactionary pretend idealists who don't seem to have any standards to live their life by other than "stay out of my business."
It all boils down to the fact that "terrorist" is the new version of "communist" which was itself a newer version of the term "witch". You apply it to anybody who interferes with the way you want the world to run and see how long you can get away with it
I think the reasonable person test can be applied to all questions of this nature. The reasonable person would generally look at motives first before name calling. Implying that the US government is a terrorist entity is stretching idealism way too far.
Full disclosure: I am an active duty military officer, so I tend toward conservatism. Of course, that also means I protect the right of free speech that we in America have in greater abundance than just about anywhere.
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Come on people, lets be mature adults rather than reactionary pretend idealists who don't seem to have any standards to live their life by other than "stay out of my business."
It all boils down to the fact that "terrorist" is the new version of "communist" which was itself a newer version of the term "witch". You apply it to anybody who interferes with the way you want the world to run and see how long you can get away with it
I think the reasonable person test can be applied to all questions of this nature. The reasonable person would generally look at motives first before name calling. Implying that the US government is a terrorist entity is stretching idealism way too far.
Full disclosure: I am an active duty military officer, so I tend toward conservatism. Of course, that also means I protect the right of free speech that we in America have in greater abundance than just about anywhere.
Great, I just gained 5lbs trying to win a Viper on the Mt Dew contest! Might as well get bigger pants now that I have a chance to go to space! TFPIC