terrorist attack poll (1 Viewer)

[marlosian]

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[Iron]

First it was Hitler, and now the terrorists. Poor poor Pols.

 

[HotShot]

impossible..

 

[marlosian]

wouldnt you agree that the australian government intends to play on the emotions of the people through fear of the so called threat of terrorism and the iraq war to supress our society and to gain power and control?

 

[davin]

care to explain the charges of supressing society and gaining power and control?

that, or how you can claim that there is no threat of terrorism to australia when australian citizens have already been the targets of terrorism?


also, its worth noting that the wording of the original question's choices really ruins any key insight as there's two questions. one is if its possible to attack australia or not, and the other is how likely it is (very likely or unlikly). one is just if it is possible to do so, the other is the likelyhood. the choices with the given question should've been more along the likes of "unavoidable" (theres a better word eluding me atm), "very likely", "somewhat likely", "unlikely", "highly unlikely"

 

[absolution*]

Questions of probability are essentially meaningless when you have no control over the actors or conditions involved.

A more meaningful question would be, 'Are you scared of a terrorist attack occuring?'

My answer would be no.

 

[SashatheMan]

i think it would happen, maybe not on a big scale, but something small.

 

[HotShot]

i think it would happen, maybe not on a big scale, but something small.

small = robbery not terrorism big=terrorism


just cause australian citizens have been invovled in terrorism doesnt mean that terrosism will happen in australia. i personally think it is impossible simply cos our population is too low, and its not worth it.

u could kill thousands of people in indonesia, america etc. but in australia u might manage 100.

so for that reason i dont think terrorists are gonna waste time in australia.

 

[davin]

if a bomb goes off somewhere, even if its not effective, it might well have been an act of terrorism, but would be catagorised as small because it wasn't effective or on that large a scale. just one example.

 

[HotShot]

if a bomb goes off somewhere, even if its not effective, it might well have been an act of terrorism, but would be catagorised as small because it wasn't effective or on that large a scale. just one example.

nah i was just joking around.

i hope nothing happens in Australia. if it does , i think it will have significant impact.

 

[SashatheMan]

small = robbery not terrorism big=terrorism


just cause australian citizens have been invovled in terrorism doesnt mean that terrosism will happen in australia. i personally think it is impossible simply cos our population is too low, and its not worth it.

u could kill thousands of people in indonesia, america etc. but in australia u might manage 100.

so for that reason i dont think terrorists are gonna waste time in australia.

how about, the morning rush train to central. Suicide bomber gets in the first carriage, gets packed into the middle of all the people, and then boom. The train goes of the tracks. all dead in the first few carriages

 

[fleepbasding]

how about, the morning rush train to central. Suicide bomber gets in the first carriage, gets packed into the middle of all the people, and then boom. The train goes of the tracks. all dead in the first few carriages

I contend that the quote in your sig is incorrectly attributed.

 

[SashatheMan]

I contend that the quote in your sig is incorrectly attributed.

even though, i dont really care who said it, i just like the quote, i would take up your challenge to prove me wrong. but show me the person who actually said it first .

 

[fleepbasding]

even though, i dont really care who said it, i just like the quote, i would take up your challenge to prove me wrong. but show me the person who actually said it first .

well, my impression is that it was said by someone named Stephen Roberts on the internet in 1995. That is what I've gathered from some preliminary googling.

EDIT: Oh, and I think it is a great quote to.

 

[_dhj_]

Who knows who first said that anyway...

 

[davin]

http://freelink.wildlink.com/quote_history.htm

 

[HotShot]

how about, the morning rush train to central. Suicide bomber gets in the first carriage, gets packed into the middle of all the people, and then boom. The train goes of the tracks. all dead in the first few carriages

yeah but they could kill more people doing in that in india, they dont even need to wake up early. or in japan.

 

[davin]

yeah but they could kill more people doing in that in india, they dont even need to wake up early. or in japan.

yeah, but there's not a motivation there.
india isn't stronly associated with the western world, and japan...japan would be tough just because they're so strict in their rules on foreigners. and again not a western power, really.

 

[HotShot]

yeah, but there's not a motivation there.
india isn't stronly associated with the western world, and japan...japan would be tough just because they're so strict in their rules on foreigners. and again not a western power, really.

india = lol terrorism is everywhere there, southside =LTTE, northside u got the maoists, bondos, then u got extremist hindus, and then u have nice pakistan,.

its surrounded by terrorism. thats why india has the largest paramilitary force.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Paramilitary_forces


so u make think they have no strong links with the western world, but they dont need to..

forget japan, there are highly dense populated countries, indonesia, pakistan, etc.

 

[davin]

ok, i should specify that my statement was based on terrorism from islamic terrorism...the sort of terrorism that is the greatest threat to us. india has different causes of terrorism, which seem to be predominantly those of independence. the terrorism the western world is facing, and what i'd argue is most relevant here, is not terrorism of that cause, now that the IRA and the Basques have both stopped using violence.