09-12-2007, 08:05 AM | #101 |
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09-12-2007, 01:24 PM | #103 |
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I've already made it clear that I have no desire to debate current affairs with a wingnut.
Your post that I responded to was nothing to do with the thread's original topic. Fighting Al-Qaeda is about national security and combating radicalism and extremism. You said "Freedom, liberty, and self rule have never been given away, [they] must be fought for and bought, and that currency is courage and blood.". This is nothing to do with the thread's topic. However, I felt like repsonding, pointing out that non-violent resistance can accomplish things in some situations. You agreed. Later in the thread, when I reiterated that I don't want to discuss current affairs with you, you demanded that I prove that non-violence has ever solved anything and tried to imply hypocricy and dishonesty on my part for not providing evidence for a statement you had agreed was true - utterly bizarre behavior. Now you say "OK". I guess that's your way of acknowledging how far out of your tree you were and apologizing. Accepted. |
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09-12-2007, 01:27 PM | #104 |
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I think it can be solved without war. Infact I think war is very much counter-productive to fighting terrorism, an opinion that seems to be gaining ground amongst the western intelligence community. If Al Qaeda were to be contested by non-violent resistance that resistance would have to originate in the arab world.
Non-violent resistance is, in a large part, about winning hearts and minds which I think is quite essential to combating terrorism. But at the same time you have to arrest terrorists and try them in courts of law. I suppose arresting people is by nature an act of force and as such could be construed as violence. |
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Thanks, Scuzzy
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BTW, thanks for keeping in the debate, it's good to see someone on topic. Scuzzy
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09-12-2007, 01:56 PM | #108 | |
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09-12-2007, 02:14 PM | #109 |
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Enough.
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09-12-2007, 06:19 PM | #110 | |
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