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If they want to die, why not jut let them?

DanBC 13y ago
Taking innocent taxi drivers, subjecting them to the "gift of democracy" that is extraordinary rendition and torture while being detained without trial or charge is already an effective recruiting tool for terrorists. Allowing the detainees to kill themselves turns them into martyrs, and becomes even more effective at turning people to violence. Don't forget that this behaviour just shifts the curve of moderateness towards extremism a little bit, but that makes extremism easier. People are more likely to donate money to organisations that promote violence; people turn a blind eye when they find out someone is planning something; people share information even if they're not going to use it themself, "Anti-West" sentiment is more acceptable, and so on. This means that the small number of actual terrorists find it easier to work.
- speeder 13y ago
  US people don't realize how much US is hated... They are force fed so much propaganda on how US are heroes that go around the world saving people from evil, that they don't understand for example why lots of Brazillians cheered 9/11 (yes, Brazillians CHEERED 9/11, some even threw parties, the US people I knew that were here in Brazil acted very confused, not understanding at all why people would be happy that 10 thousand "good people" died)
  - jabbernotty 13y ago
    There were 3000 casualties.
    - speeder 13y ago
      My bad
    - DanBC 13y ago
      People didn't know that until some time after. There were 40,000 people in the buildings when the planes crashed.
  - jganetsk 13y ago
    Brazilians cheering 9/11, if true, is completely disgusting. It sounds like they are also fed some propaganda.
  - krapp 13y ago
    I think you may be conflating your own sadism with something normative and just. Despite your assertions elsewhere that the whole world is just waiting for an opportunity to turn the United States into a graveyard, most people around the world do not not, in fact, hate the United States so vehemently that 9/11 made them cheer. Most people around the world reacted the way human beings with empathy do, with horror and sadness. I would even bet most Brazilians didn't hold parties celebrating the bloodshed. Your point of view isn't normal. Please stop acting as if it is, and please stop acting as if that level of enmity represents something good and noble about the people of Brazil. You make your country look like a bunch of psychopaths.
    - speeder 13y ago
      Most brazillians did not celebrated 9/11, obviously. Most did not care. Several of those who did, were shocked, and sad, specially those that had relatives there. But several were VERY HAPPY, usually those that got screwed during the cold war. My point is: people forget, that when you make yourself a hated enemy, people WILL hate you, in irrational ways, it is easy to create terrorist and a vicious cycle of violence. Brazil up to WWII liked the US, bought craploads of US stuff, and even joined WWII for the US side despite the president being fascist and having connections to the Italian fascists (of course, the fact US offered a steel mill in bribe when Brazil had none, was a huge factor). During cold war, US backed the military coup here, and quickly things turned into "we vs them", we had during the cold war a US embassador kidnapped, citibank branches bombed or torched, english speaking soldiers killed (the most famous was two UK navy sailors that were here on vacation) and so on. What make you think, that after you make people believe you are their enemy, that you are at war with them, they will stop believing that after situation change? There are lots of people here that has a grudge not only with US, but with all of its citizens as well, injust as that might be, the destruction of the World Trade Center, a economic symbol of the US, and the attack on Pentagon, is something that several people around the world cheered (obviously more on middle east, where people threw wild parties in the street and shot upwards) because those people viewed it as the invincible bully being hurt for the first time, people saw it, horrible as the actual event was in numbers of civilians killed, as a successful war attack, revenge, justice, david hurting goliath, etc... People are NOT psychopaths, they are normal people, hurt by US government so deeply, that any chance they have to see it hurting back will make them happy, even if it means the deaths of thousands of innocents. This is what fuel wars... United States huge military is a deterrent for countries attacking it, but don't mistake that peace for the world agreeing with the US, I am very sure few countries would side with the US in a hypotetical world war with a level amount of military (ie: not US having alone half of the world military power, as current it is). I am very sure that if you leave a US citizen (any citizen, the most adorable citizen even) near one of the territories were PCC is popular (PCC is a huge organized crime thing here, created during the cold war with purpose of fighting US-backed government), people (normal people, civilians, not members of PCC) will be happy to do things to that citizen that is best not describe here...
  - pathy 13y ago
    Why on earth would anyone cheer for 3000+ people dying? Insanity. I say that those you cheered during 9/11 has been force fed anti-US propaganda. Holy shit, what an disgusting attitude. I may not like some US politics but cheering for 9/11... That is insane. I would love to see sources on Brazilians celebrating 9/11.
    - speeder 13y ago
      When your best friend, or you father, or your grandma got "disappeared" by the CIA or a CIA-backed institution, is it propaganda?
  - doktrin 13y ago
    > US people don't realize how much US is hated... They are force fed so much propaganda on how US are heroes that go around the world saving people from evil This strikes me as intellectual arrogance. How do you know what "US people" do or do not realize?

DanBC 13y ago

Taking innocent taxi drivers, subjecting them to the "gift of democracy" that is extraordinary rendition and torture while being detained without trial or charge is already an effective recruiting tool for terrorists. Allowing the detainees to kill themselves turns them into martyrs, and becomes even more effective at turning people to violence. Don't forget that this behaviour just shifts the curve of moderateness towards extremism a little bit, but that makes extremism easier. People are more likely to donate money to organisations that promote violence; people turn a blind eye when they find out someone is planning something; people share information even if they're not going to use it themself, "Anti-West" sentiment is more acceptable, and so on. This means that the small number of actual terrorists find it easier to work.

speeder 13y ago
US people don't realize how much US is hated... They are force fed so much propaganda on how US are heroes that go around the world saving people from evil, that they don't understand for example why lots of Brazillians cheered 9/11 (yes, Brazillians CHEERED 9/11, some even threw parties, the US people I knew that were here in Brazil acted very confused, not understanding at all why people would be happy that 10 thousand "good people" died)
- jabbernotty 13y ago
  There were 3000 casualties.
  - speeder 13y ago
    My bad
  - DanBC 13y ago
    People didn't know that until some time after. There were 40,000 people in the buildings when the planes crashed.
- jganetsk 13y ago
  Brazilians cheering 9/11, if true, is completely disgusting. It sounds like they are also fed some propaganda.
- krapp 13y ago
  I think you may be conflating your own sadism with something normative and just. Despite your assertions elsewhere that the whole world is just waiting for an opportunity to turn the United States into a graveyard, most people around the world do not not, in fact, hate the United States so vehemently that 9/11 made them cheer. Most people around the world reacted the way human beings with empathy do, with horror and sadness. I would even bet most Brazilians didn't hold parties celebrating the bloodshed. Your point of view isn't normal. Please stop acting as if it is, and please stop acting as if that level of enmity represents something good and noble about the people of Brazil. You make your country look like a bunch of psychopaths.
  - speeder 13y ago
    Most brazillians did not celebrated 9/11, obviously. Most did not care. Several of those who did, were shocked, and sad, specially those that had relatives there. But several were VERY HAPPY, usually those that got screwed during the cold war. My point is: people forget, that when you make yourself a hated enemy, people WILL hate you, in irrational ways, it is easy to create terrorist and a vicious cycle of violence. Brazil up to WWII liked the US, bought craploads of US stuff, and even joined WWII for the US side despite the president being fascist and having connections to the Italian fascists (of course, the fact US offered a steel mill in bribe when Brazil had none, was a huge factor). During cold war, US backed the military coup here, and quickly things turned into "we vs them", we had during the cold war a US embassador kidnapped, citibank branches bombed or torched, english speaking soldiers killed (the most famous was two UK navy sailors that were here on vacation) and so on. What make you think, that after you make people believe you are their enemy, that you are at war with them, they will stop believing that after situation change? There are lots of people here that has a grudge not only with US, but with all of its citizens as well, injust as that might be, the destruction of the World Trade Center, a economic symbol of the US, and the attack on Pentagon, is something that several people around the world cheered (obviously more on middle east, where people threw wild parties in the street and shot upwards) because those people viewed it as the invincible bully being hurt for the first time, people saw it, horrible as the actual event was in numbers of civilians killed, as a successful war attack, revenge, justice, david hurting goliath, etc... People are NOT psychopaths, they are normal people, hurt by US government so deeply, that any chance they have to see it hurting back will make them happy, even if it means the deaths of thousands of innocents. This is what fuel wars... United States huge military is a deterrent for countries attacking it, but don't mistake that peace for the world agreeing with the US, I am very sure few countries would side with the US in a hypotetical world war with a level amount of military (ie: not US having alone half of the world military power, as current it is). I am very sure that if you leave a US citizen (any citizen, the most adorable citizen even) near one of the territories were PCC is popular (PCC is a huge organized crime thing here, created during the cold war with purpose of fighting US-backed government), people (normal people, civilians, not members of PCC) will be happy to do things to that citizen that is best not describe here...
- pathy 13y ago
  Why on earth would anyone cheer for 3000+ people dying? Insanity. I say that those you cheered during 9/11 has been force fed anti-US propaganda. Holy shit, what an disgusting attitude. I may not like some US politics but cheering for 9/11... That is insane. I would love to see sources on Brazilians celebrating 9/11.
  - speeder 13y ago
    When your best friend, or you father, or your grandma got "disappeared" by the CIA or a CIA-backed institution, is it propaganda?
- doktrin 13y ago
  > US people don't realize how much US is hated... They are force fed so much propaganda on how US are heroes that go around the world saving people from evil This strikes me as intellectual arrogance. How do you know what "US people" do or do not realize?