Sources across the net believe that the spike of guests who are visiting I^2 are separate programs that operate under an Artificial Intelligence that identifies itself as "DAVE".Apparently, the prophets of Dave are flooding the threads -___-
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Quote from: Jack on July 16, 2016, 08:44:46 PMTerrorists can't be pigeonholed into a particular demographic; Islamic terrorists are not so different than white Christian terrorists, religious terrorism not so different than political. People just like to think they can know who the monsters are, but they can't.I don't entirely agree nor disagree.The thing is Terrorists and Extremists are monsters. Their hateful rhetoric and poisonous ideology is easy to find similarities in if you substitute the recipient of their actions and hate speech it sounds just as awful and militant.The problem is that treating all terrorism and terrorist threats with equal weight and equal attention is counter productive.There was a time that Christmas Right Extremists were probably really bad. The Klu Klux Klan (the militant arm of the Democratic party back in the day) used to lynch and shoot black people. They don't now, for all their nasty hateful speech and racist pandering. These days they are no better or worse than the Black Lives Matter crowd.The threats today are the Radical Muslim extremists. There are other real threats like AntiFa and New Black Panther party, but these threats are not yet to the extent, nor have the reach of Radical Muslim extremism. In the future maybe these threats will fade away and the KKK will rise again, or Skinhead thuggery, or any other terrorist or hate group. At the moment, dispersing equal opposition and attention is probably unwarranted.. Radical Muslim extremism is the main threat.
Terrorists can't be pigeonholed into a particular demographic; Islamic terrorists are not so different than white Christian terrorists, religious terrorism not so different than political. People just like to think they can know who the monsters are, but they can't.
What about mentally ill young men like the guy who shot up the movie theater and the ones in high schools?
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Quote from: Jack on July 16, 2016, 08:44:46 PMPeople just like to think they can know who the monsters are, but they can't.Exactly.
People just like to think they can know who the monsters are, but they can't.
They are not "radical Muslims". They are drunken/drugged up angry losers. Some of these have been found to run night clubs and buying "The Koran For Dummies".
Quote from: Pyraxis on July 17, 2016, 08:12:06 AMWhat about mentally ill young men like the guy who shot up the movie theater and the ones in high schools?If I were IS, I'd claim all attacks like that. Anything to spread fear everywhere.
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Quote from: Al Swearengen on July 16, 2016, 03:01:29 AM(a lot of drivel deleted)Sorry, but you failed to deliver your point (assuming you had one). Again. Two top tips for your next post: - Less is more.- Similes and hypotheticals are not your thing. Avoid them like the plague.Oh, and it would help if your rationalisations included some degree of logic to begin with.
See my reply in the other thread.
Quote from: benjimanbreeg on July 17, 2016, 03:00:16 PMThey are not "radical Muslims". They are drunken/drugged up angry losers. Some of these have been found to run night clubs and buying "The Koran For Dummies". This, actually, I find myself agreeing with. Considering many of the last few attacks, I'd bet this to be a better description of the perpetrators than the one IS is so quick to attribute to them ("our soldiers", etc).Worryingly, it makes them very hard to find in time for any intelligence organisation.