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Voting closed: May 01, 2014, 02:06:40 pm


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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #510 on: April 14, 2014, 02:53:20 am »
Yes, NED is totally same thing as funding terrorism....  (and most likely conducting terrorism with own Spec Ops)

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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #511 on: April 14, 2014, 03:16:04 am »
Quote from: Ukrainian Ranger on April 14, 2014, 02:53:20 am
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Soviets are literally zombies. Awesome.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #512 on: April 14, 2014, 03:22:09 am »
I wonder if it still qualifies as terrorism if noncombatants are willfully endangering themselves, rather than being coerced into it?
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #513 on: April 14, 2014, 03:29:53 am »
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on April 14, 2014, 03:22:09 am
I wonder if it still qualifies as terrorism if noncombatants are willfully endangering themselves, rather than being coerced into it?

I think police are civilians. Might be wrong.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #514 on: April 14, 2014, 03:31:10 am »
Terrorism is such a vague concept anyway.
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« Reply #515 on: April 14, 2014, 03:38:49 am »
I'd uh...I'd give up trying to define terrorism.

It does need proof to corroborate the 'they're actually fine with being hostages' story though.
And even then, using civilians as human shields isn't exactly the paradigm of heroism.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #516 on: April 14, 2014, 03:39:01 am »
Police definitely aren't combatants, unless they're organized militarily - France and Italy have such units.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #517 on: April 14, 2014, 04:44:12 am »
Quote from: Sean Mirrsen on April 14, 2014, 03:22:09 am
I wonder if it still qualifies as terrorism if noncombatants are willfully endangering themselves, rather than being coerced into it?
Anything harmful to a state that's being done by people not wearing army uniforms is terrorism. It's veeeeeeery broad.
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« Reply #518 on: April 14, 2014, 04:58:49 am »
Rosa Parks was a terrorist, then?
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #519 on: April 14, 2014, 05:01:12 am »
It's hard to argue that what she did was harmful to the state. But money counterfeiter are harmful and not terrorist. The closest thing I've seen as a definition of terrorism is the use of violence by non-state actors to pursue political goals.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #520 on: April 14, 2014, 05:11:33 am »
Quote from: Sheb on April 14, 2014, 05:01:12 am
It's hard to argue that what she did was harmful to the state. But money counterfeiter are harmful and not terrorist. The closest thing I've seen as a definition of terrorism is the use of violence by non-state actors to pursue political goals.

Add 'on non-combatants' and you're good.
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« Reply #521 on: April 14, 2014, 05:15:34 am »
Except insurgents have always been called terrorists.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #522 on: April 14, 2014, 05:19:14 am »
Haven't they called Snowden a terrorist once?
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #523 on: April 14, 2014, 05:46:15 am »
I have to say, UR, the USA has a very long and fruitful history of doing what Russia's doing now, so there definitely is hipocrisy in their being offended at Russia's actions.
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Re: Post - USSR and other Eastern European Politics Thread
« Reply #524 on: April 14, 2014, 05:51:16 am »
When was the last time the US annexed parts of another country? Early 19th century?
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