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So Henry Thoreau and Richard Nixon were terrorists? I'd really prefer more specific (and disrespectful) terms like "violent troll". "Terrorist" helps feed the

So Henry Thoreau and Richard Nixon were terrorists? I'd really prefer more specific (and disrespectful) terms like "violent troll". "Terrorist" helps feed the phenomenon it's naming.

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GrinningFool 10y ago
I've often wondered what effect it would have if the media universally started referring to "suicide bombers" as "mentally imbalanced religious fanatics".
- proksoup 10y ago
  Like a world without lawyers, one shudders at the impossible dream. http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/9/9b/Best-simpsons-gifs-world-without-lawyers.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130920112217 http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/9/9b/Bes... Can you imagine?
jacobush 10y ago
Some suicide bombers are children, coerced or fooled into it. "Go stand there in the crowd. Your parents will be proud. If you dont, something very unfortunate might happen to your little sibling."