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Terrorism Analogies

Andaluciae
14-12-2006, 17:19
OMGLOLZORZ! A Poll!

But, yeah, seriously. You're the President of the United States, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Chancellor of Germany and President of France all rolled into one gigantic happy ball, and you're going to be making a speech about terrorism tonight. You've got to compare the problems caused by terrorism, and the solution to it, to a past conflict/campaign. What do you compare it to?

And no, you can't ignore it, ignoring it is officially political suicide, and the person who would replace you has an avowed policy of Nuke the Muslims.
Eve Online
14-12-2006, 17:20
Why would I need an analogy?
Ifreann
14-12-2006, 17:20
What if I nuke the muslims first?
The Potato Factory
14-12-2006, 17:21
I'm Chancellor of Germany? Then I'll compare terrorism to the French Resistance; if we don't grind them into dust now, they'll come back to bite us on the ass later.
Andaluciae
14-12-2006, 17:21
Why would I need an analogy?

Because you've become a pompous airbag politician who always feels a need for precedent.
New Burmesia
14-12-2006, 17:21
Just to be pedantic: there is no such position as Prime Minister of England.:)
Luipaard
14-12-2006, 17:21
Terorism is like an armadillo.
Its crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and wants to kill the USA.
Eve Online
14-12-2006, 17:22
What if I nuke the muslims first?

Then your opponent will recant his "nuke the muslims" stance, and call for your head to be cut off and thrown into the Hague.
Infinite Revolution
14-12-2006, 17:22
none of the above. if i had to i'd compare it to previous terrorist campaigns and then point out the differences.

and: prime minister of england? who's that?

edit: you'll have no apologies for pedantism from me cuz that's not what it is.
Andaluciae
14-12-2006, 17:23
and: prime minister of england? who's that?

A new position I created out of thin air, just for you.
Cluichstan
14-12-2006, 17:23
Terorism is like an armadillo.
Its crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside, and wants to kill the USA.

I hereby proclaim a War on Armadillos!
New Burmesia
14-12-2006, 17:24
OMGLOLZORZ! A Poll!

But, yeah, seriously. You're the President of the United States, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Chancellor of Germany and President of France all rolled into one gigantic happy ball, and you're going to be making a speech about terrorism tonight. You've got to compare the problems caused by terrorism, and the solution to it, to a past conflict/campaign. What do you compare it to?

And no, you can't ignore it, ignoring it is officially political suicide, and the person who would replace you has an avowed policy of Nuke the Muslims.
And with something useful, how is it being compared to terrorism? Is it in terms of perceived danger, human cost, financial cost, something else, or all of the above?

I'm sorry. I was an annoying pedant, and then answered your question with a question.
Eve Online
14-12-2006, 17:24
Terrorism is like education, for as Stalin once said, "Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

You can say the same thing about terrorism.

*cuts funds for public schools*
*increases anti-terror funding, whatever that is*
Call to power
14-12-2006, 17:25
I say drugs:
Europe’s easy going approach = fairly good
Americas approach of burning South American crops = bad

Plus if I’m sorting cocaine at the time it draws attention away from the fact that I forgot to wear trousers again
Rhaomi
14-12-2006, 17:26
I'd say something along the lines of it being not nearly as dangerous as the media makes it out to be, that it cannot be stamped out without turning ourselves into a police state, and that we'll just have to accept it as a consequence of living in the 21st century, much like spam and identity theft.

Not that I'd do nothing about it, of course. I'd empower the government to stop terrorist plots within the full extent of the law, and I'd also encourage a foreign policy that would improve America's image as a leader and help other nations out of the conditions of poverty and hopelessness that leads to religious extremism. But I would not sacrifice our rights to stop a phenomenon that is less dangerous to the average American than drunk driving and heart disease.
Ifreann
14-12-2006, 17:26
Terrorism is like education, for as Stalin once said, "Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."

You can say the same thing about terrorism.

*cuts funds for public schools*
*increases anti-terror funding, whatever that is*

You appear to win.
Andaluciae
14-12-2006, 17:26
And with something useful, how is it being compared to terrorism? Is it in terms of perceived danger, human cost, financial cost, something else, or all of the above?

I'm sorry. I was an annoying pedant, and then answered your question with a question.

Aye, it's whatever you feel to be the appropriate comparison, on whatever level you feel is appropriate.
The Potato Factory
14-12-2006, 17:27
I say drugs:
Europe’s easy going approach = fairly good
Americas approach of burning South American crops = bad

Europe's easy going approach to terrorism got us London, Madrid and the Hamburg cell.
Call to power
14-12-2006, 17:28
I'm Chancellor of Germany? Then I'll compare terrorism to the French Resistance; if we don't grind them into dust now, they'll come back to bite us on the ass later.

so you mean to say they will support you know but once you leave everyone will say they where terrorists?
Eve Online
14-12-2006, 17:29
You appear to win.

Apparently, the Nazz will not allow it. Official Mind Reader of the Forum and all that you know.

Apparently, I believe in sand niggers and am happy that there's a "War On Terror"
Call to power
14-12-2006, 17:30
Europe's easy going approach to terrorism got us London, Madrid and the Hamburg cell.

Ah but we handled it well and got on with our lives thus rendering terrorism pointless in Europe:)
Jello Biafra
14-12-2006, 17:30
I chose poverty, as the way to end poverty is similar to the way to end terrorism; as in, not violently.
The Potato Factory
14-12-2006, 17:32
Ah but we handled it well and got on with our lives thus rendering terrorism pointless in Europe:)

Yeah, see, that doesn't render terrorism pointless. That just lets them do it again.
New Burmesia
14-12-2006, 17:32
Aye, it's whatever you feel to be the appropriate comparison, on whatever level you feel is appropriate.
Well, in balance, I'd say that the current terrorist 'hype' (for lack of a better word) is similar to the perceived threat from communism before the Soviet Union broke up. Although they have different causes, the effects on the civilian population and domestic/foreign policy seem quite similar, as are the ways seen to tackle the thread abroad.
Call to power
14-12-2006, 17:32
Apparently, the Nazz will not allow it. Official Mind Reader of the Forum and all that you know.

Nazz hasn't posted in this thread go be whiny somewhere else


this sums up what I'm saying rather well (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vgZgLBIfbQ)
The Potato Factory
14-12-2006, 17:32
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6681/armadilloai6.jpg
Call to power
14-12-2006, 17:33
Yeah, see, that doesn't render terrorism pointless. That just lets them do it again.

what would be the point?
Cluichstan
14-12-2006, 17:33
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6681/armadilloai6.jpg

It's comin' straight for us!

*opens fire*
New Burmesia
14-12-2006, 17:34
Yeah, see, that doesn't render terrorism pointless. That just lets them do it again.
Name me a policy that doesn't.
Forsakia
14-12-2006, 17:36
Go with Nazism. How overblown fear of Communism got the Germans into something about as bad.
Qinzhao
14-12-2006, 18:39
Maybe Nazism makes a good analogy for terrorism.

Nazists = want to kill Jews.
terrorists = want to kill Jews.

Nazists = use racial hatred.
terrorists = use religious hatred.
Gravlen
14-12-2006, 18:50
I have the best analogy for terrorism :)

It's just like *Censored*
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8858/police7mp.jpg
Free Soviets
14-12-2006, 19:00
piracy. that way everyone will understand why the terrorists hate us. hint: it's 'cause pirates are cool.
Cluichstan
14-12-2006, 19:07
piracy. that way everyone will understand why the terrorists hate us. hint: it's 'cause pirates are cool.

So terrorists are cool? You're a complete fucktard.
Andaluciae
14-12-2006, 19:43
I have the best analogy for terrorism :)

It's just like *Censored*
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8858/police7mp.jpg

I fought them off with one hand tied behind my back.
Free Soviets
14-12-2006, 20:01
So terrorists are cool? You're a complete fucktard.

yeah, that's what i said
Eve Online
14-12-2006, 20:08
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f58/jewenger/Fucktard.jpg