Who is more of a threat to us?

SoND · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Karma :

Terrorists or our government?

Day by day I keep believing in these terrorists less and less so it's quite alarming to see how many of our rights and liberties are being taken away from us in the name of our safety, it doesn't add up and I'm pretty sick of it. No terrorist threat but more laws... Thinking

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Remember this: Tyranny always comes to your door in a uniform.

Governments have been responsible for over 200 million deaths last century. Terrorist related deaths are in the thousands.
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Itchy · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Karma :

A drive by reply as I have to go out, its the government ,

politics of fear , a docu drama has some interesting theories about this.

precis:

politicians in the past gave visions of a better life in the future, and used this to control people (be it god, afterlife or whatever) ,

they failed,

and thus have turned to fearism to control the masses and scaring people = more compliance, thus in the 70s-80s they had the USSR, it fell so they had to invent another boogey man to "save" us from.

People who are not afraid will probably be the first ones sent to the death camps,
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killa · Won't Shut Up Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Karma :

I break the law everyday, multiple times, my pleasure activities still continue, albeit illegal but I don’t care, I’m not going to prison or being executed for it.

If a bomb went off in my town because some mad paki hates us, then id say terrorists.

The government is just highly irritating.
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JonB · Afraid of Mileage Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Karma :

You'd have to say terrorists in the long term really.

An oppressive government can be brought down quite easily.

Terrorism has always been around, but it's not very well known about and thus hard to eradicate.

I'm also rather more scared about being blown up in a bus, than not being allowed to smoke in a pub.
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Dragonfly · Super Spammer Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Karma :

Terrorists threaten, governments do. I wold personally be afraid of the idiots that are in charge that a man with a towel on his head shouting "I Keeel you" Razz

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D O G · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Dec 2006 Karma :

Governments are just accepted terrorists. They operate by creating fear, and getting you to do stuff because you are afraid of the consequences. Bunch of cunts.

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Hetzer · Super Spammer Joined: 19 Feb 2007 Karma :

There is no terrorist threat, unless you count the one-in-a-billion chance of being done in by a bomb in the UK. You have more chance of winning the euro lottery.

But nazi govt legislation, you have more chance of being malignly effected by that than of being caught out in the rain.

The only real terrorists in the UK are the govt.
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DidierD · Brolly Dolly Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Karma :

The reason Terrorists are about is Government ... thus the most dangerous is Government
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Grav · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Gordon Brown and Tony Blair would have made Stalin so proud.
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1 Word :DARFUR!

SoND · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Jul 2005 Karma :

36 - 0

Who doesn't believe our owners are criminals and need to be replaced and punished?

xymon · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Feb 2008 Karma :

I can say both.
Because both of them make our lives more miserable. They create problems and diversity to everyone else.
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Jrod · Page 3 Girl Joined: 02 Aug 2004 Karma :

To be fair if they do blow up busses, it's only peasants.

Blink · Trackday Trickster Joined: 08 Mar 2005 Karma :

Sorry guys, but some of the comments coming out here are ridiculous.

Terrorism

Firstly, 'terrorism' is just a label to scare people by the media. Secondly, 'terrorists' are no more than murderers and criminals, like anyone else in our society who decides to kill other human beings. Labeling them 'terrorists' gives them some sort of tiny justification and makes the cycle spin.

For example, Al-Queda isn't an entity, it's an ideology - militant ideology, which is dangerous. Without necessary protection from the Government, they'd be far more dangerous.

That said, the danger posed by fanatical islamic ideology parallels that of the common thug/criminal ideology - that of going out and mugging/battering people on a Saturday night is acceptable. Both are driven by close-minded bigotry and hatred.

Government
To the comment: "The UK government are terrorists". Well, that's just ridiculous.

The Government are representative of us and as part of the electorate we all have the responsibility to make sure this is done properly - by protesting, voting or entering politics yourself. Being a lazy bastard, sat at your computer makes you no better than the government itself.

If something peeves you off, make sure your voice is heard.
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G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

By a sensible definition of 'terrorism', it includes our government as well as the US one.

Through out actions we have killed more, put more lives at risk and caused a massive amount more 'terror' than the islam-nasties that we are made to fear by the friendly governments.

We know that it's not ok to do it because it's the regime doing it - that's been made clear - so it's fine if it's /our/ regime doing it, or one we support or are afraid of.