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http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/01/5- ... io-bridge/

Apparently when white dudes do it they are anarchists but the brown ones are terrorists.

These guys weren't swimming in the deep end of the gene pool, were they?

"The safety of the citizens of the Northern District of Ohio is and continues to be our primary focus," Stephen D. Anthony, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI, said in a statement Tuesday.


"The individuals charged in this plot were intent on using violence to express their ideological views. The Joint Terrorism Task Force will continue to be vigilant in its efforts to detect and disrupt any terrorism threat, domestic or international," Anthony said.

So, terrorists caught by the Joint Terrroism Task Force and yet Fox etc chooses not to label them terrorists... hmm.

Cheers,

Shafique

For once I* agree whole heartedly

And there I thought terrorists were called martyrs...

^Are you saying you think the numpties above are 'failed martyrs'??

As for people who think terrorists are martyrs - I find them distasteful indeed:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340 ... 71,00.html

And as we've seen in official surveys - certain groups are more likely to justify the killing of civilians than other groups:
dubai-politics-talk/poll-muslims-less-likely-justify-violence-t47068.html

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:^Are you saying you think the numpties above are 'failed martyrs'??

No. Which part was not clear?

The part where you said:

Ambassador wrote:And there I thought terrorists were called martyrs...

The numpties above are terrorists - hence my question to you.

Thanks for answering "No". Are they just failed terrorists then?

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique wrote:The part where you said:

Ambassador wrote:And there I thought terrorists were called martyrs...

The numpties above are terrorists - hence my question to you.

Thanks for answering "No". Are they just failed terrorists then?

Cheers,
Shafique

I don't. Do you? If so, how?

I do.

They are terrorists. They failed in their terrorist attack on the bridge.

Ergo, failed terrorists.

What are they to you, if they aren't failed terrorists?

Cheers,

Shafique

shafique wrote:I do.

They are terrorists. They failed in their terrorist attack on the bridge.

Ergo, failed terrorists.

What are they to you, if they aren't failed terrorists?

Cheers,

Shafique

Oh my bad...it is just that I was not there nor do I know the facts, etc. But you were

indeed.

To be fair, their acts are described as terrorist acts in the article.

"U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, Steven M. Dettelbach, said Tuesday that the defendants "took numerous and repeated acts that demonstrated a commitment to violent, terrorist acts."

"The individuals charged in this plot were intent on using violence to express their ideological views. The Joint Terrorism Task Force will continue to be vigilant in its efforts to detect and disrupt any terrorism threat, domestic or international," Anthony said.

Hidden deep within the article, but can you imagine the headlines on Faux News and related media if it were a bunch of brown guys ! They would get atleast a months worth of articles and talkshows out of it.

That's probably why they didn't use the word terrorist in the headline, because then their readers would be scratching their heads thinking, "Why ain't they brown?"