[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
During the rest of this year, in Boston alone, probably something like 20+ people shall be killed by firearms?? Alex Stanley: ...guarantees all Americans, regardless of mental health, Apparently it is unlawful in Iowa for someone with mental health problems to own a gun. From

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-22 Thread Richard J. Williams
The goal of terrorism is not to kill people. It's to instill fear in those who survive, and make them so fearful that they no longer feel capable of living their everyday, fulfilling lives in the ways they want to live them. Smart people do not fall for this. Dumb people do.

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread authfriend
For fairly obvious reasons such as geography and history, the U.S. hasn't had anywhere near as much terrorism as most European countries. Just a guess, but I'll bet if we had had as much of it as they have had, we'd be just as blase about it. When it happens here, it's a Big Deal because it's so

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread doctordumbass
What a pompous ass you are, Barry, making such statements like terrorists are not out to kill others, but to scare everyone else, and you encountered terrorism long before the rest of us. I lived through three rebellions, up close and personal, as a kid, starting before you could spell the

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread card
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: Talk host Karel, who is not a conspiracy theorist nor a conservative by any means, pointed out that in Long Beach, where he lives, on Monday three people died from gun incidents and where is the outrage over that?

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread authfriend
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@... wrote: (snip) You'll enjoy this story. :-D http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57580587-71/purported-tv-caption-slipup-pegs-zooey-deschanel-as-alleged-boston-bomber/ On CNN on Friday, anchor Wolf Blitzer asked correspondent Susan

[FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread Alex Stanley
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Talk host Karel, who is not a conspiracy theorist nor a conservative by any means, pointed out that in Long Beach, where he lives, on Monday three

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Why terrorism works, and why it doesn't work on me

2013-04-21 Thread Bhairitu
On 04/21/2013 03:51 PM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, card cardemaister@... wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: Talk host Karel, who is not a conspiracy theorist nor a conservative by any means, pointed out that in Long Beach,