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    There you go Furunculus.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beskar View Post
    There you go Furunculus.
    LOL, is there where i should complain about the use of stereotypes? hehe.

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    That terrorism is somehow a treath is the biggest scam the world has ever seen.
    not sure i can decipher that response, dude.............
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    Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
    not sure i can decipher that response, dude.............
    Let's face it, will any terrorists ever be able to take control of our governments? They can kill maybe a few thousands a year, that's a rather irrelevant number.

    The only threat terrorism poses, is our draconian ways of dealing with it.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
    Let's face it, will any terrorists ever be able to take control of our governments? They can kill maybe a few thousands a year, that's a rather irrelevant number.

    The only threat terrorism poses, is our draconian ways of dealing with it.
    And traffic deaths kill thousands upon thousands per year. So, in order to not be "draconian" with our own freedoms, we should NOT have any laws regarding drunk driving, or seatbelts, or child restraints, or airbags?

    I cannot simply accept the idea of terrorists killing a few thousand of us a year while I simply read the newspaper and make idle comments on Spain not having its usual death toll this year. I CANNOT simply dismiss it as the cost of doing business. That you, apparently, can do so revulses me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Seamus Fermanagh View Post
    And traffic deaths kill thousands upon thousands per year. So, in order to not be "draconian" with our own freedoms, we should NOT have any laws regarding drunk driving, or seatbelts, or child restraints, or airbags?

    I cannot simply accept the idea of terrorists killing a few thousand of us a year while I simply read the newspaper and make idle comments on Spain not having its usual death toll this year. I CANNOT simply dismiss it as the cost of doing business. That you, apparently, can do so revulses me.
    It's the lesser of two evils in my mind. I would much rather have a few thousands die each year from terrorists instead of the hundreds of thousands we've killed in our two anti-terror wars.

    Simple math, really. I pick the lowest number of dead people.
    Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a 3 match ban

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    Quote Originally Posted by Furunculus View Post
    LOL, is there where i should complain about the use of stereotypes? hehe.:
    What amazes me more is that some one replied to you, with that political alignment and with that same exact view. It really makes the whole affair LOL.
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