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Why do we call terrorists cowards?
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:08 pm
Call it evil, call it morally bankrupt, call it illegal, but I never understand when people call groups such as Al-Queda, ISIS, etc cowards.
There is nothing cowardly about blowing yourself up or throwing everything else in your life away in order to participate in life-threatening activities. Its batshit crazy, but not cowardly. A coward would never put themselves in those siruations
There is nothing cowardly about blowing yourself up or throwing everything else in your life away in order to participate in life-threatening activities. Its batshit crazy, but not cowardly. A coward would never put themselves in those siruations
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Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:11 pm to Roger Klarvin
When you plan on dying and you're getting 72 virgins that's not exactly brave. Their goal is to die
Bravery would be going into a situation where you didn't know if you would live or die
Bravery would be going into a situation where you didn't know if you would live or die
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 6:12 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:13 pm to Roger Klarvin
They hide behind Islam they are cowards. I call that a coward.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:14 pm to Roger Klarvin
Because they mostly prey on innocent civilians and stay away from any real threat.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:15 pm to Dawghorn
They "hide" behind Islam the same way soldiers "hide" behind the military.
That argument makes no sense.
That argument makes no sense.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:16 pm to Roger Klarvin
Soldiers go to war even though they want to stay alive.
These guys don't want to stay alive.
These guys don't want to stay alive.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:17 pm to Agforlife
I think calling them cowards dangerously undersells their threat.
A coward will fold when pressure is applied. Radical muslims will take this to the death. We would do well in not minimizing them in such ways.
A coward will fold when pressure is applied. Radical muslims will take this to the death. We would do well in not minimizing them in such ways.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:17 pm to Roger Klarvin
Because of what they typically do. They bomb mosques filled with innocent and defenseless worshipers, conduct drive by shootings, hijack planes and ram them into civilian buildings, plant roadside IEDs and pelt bases with mortars and rockets. Nothing about their tactics is brave, they are cowards through and through.
The few ones that you view as "brave" for conducting suicide attacks are usually so doped up on drugs or brainwashed by a radical interpretation of their religion that I would hardly call it "brave".
The few ones that you view as "brave" for conducting suicide attacks are usually so doped up on drugs or brainwashed by a radical interpretation of their religion that I would hardly call it "brave".
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:18 pm to genro
They are far more dedicated than the avergd soldier.
Allah/eternity >>>>> Country
Allah/eternity >>>>> Country
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:18 pm to Roger Klarvin
This America they don't hide got it. They kick but and take names got it. 
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:20 pm to Roger Klarvin
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They are far more dedicated than the avergd soldier.
No. The average "terrorist" is a lazy POS. He sits around all day smoking opium or fricking little boys and then occasionally gets together with his buddies to launch a rocket at a FOB. They're not brave and they're not dedicated.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:21 pm to Roger Klarvin
Solid troll thread though Rog. 
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:22 pm to KSGamecock
I think youunderestimte their motivation.
Most of these guys are true blue believers. The run of the mill muslims dont join ISIS.
Most of these guys are true blue believers. The run of the mill muslims dont join ISIS.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:23 pm to Roger Klarvin
When you're sneaking into a soft target not in uniform and targeting non-combatants, you're a coward.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:31 pm to the808bass
I think we as a spciety just cant bring ourselves to consider the possibility that these people are more invested in a cause than most of us are. Its much easier to dismiss them as cowards than to face the reality that we are facing an ideology in which the believers are moe devoated to than we are to our beliefs and way of life.
A coward doesnt follow through the way members of ISIS do.
A coward doesnt follow through the way members of ISIS do.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:32 pm to Roger Klarvin
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They "hide" behind Islam the same way soldiers "hide" behind the military.
They hide within civilian populations, do not wear uniforms, cover their faces when on camera, etc.
The soldiers you impugn do none of that.
Being batshit crazy does not equal "brave", either.
I don't classify them as cowards because I don't even think of these savages in those terms. I'll not spend one moment trying to disabuse a single poster of his notion that they ARE cowards, however.
The cause seems full of silliness to me.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:33 pm to Roger Klarvin
This question is what got Bill Maher fired. But I'm sure you already knew that
This post was edited on 3/19/15 at 6:34 pm
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:34 pm to Roger Klarvin
the same reason call enemy snipers cowards and our's hereos. we're america and we live by one huge fricking double standard. not a damn one of you would attempt to fight the us military, but yet some of them do.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:34 pm to Roger Klarvin
More invested isn't bravery.
A white collar criminal is totally committed to what he's doing. He may even work at that white collar crime harder than some people work at their job. It doesn't redeem their criminality because they "believe in" what they're doing nor because they're "devoted" to it.
Pedophiles can be really devoted to what they're doing. But they're fricking kids. So we rightly say they're debased cowards.
Terrorists are killing innocents for religious/political purposes. The fervency of their belief doesn't redeem their actions nor is it a point of moral strength. It's misguided and twisted morality that asserts what they're doing is righteous.
A white collar criminal is totally committed to what he's doing. He may even work at that white collar crime harder than some people work at their job. It doesn't redeem their criminality because they "believe in" what they're doing nor because they're "devoted" to it.
Pedophiles can be really devoted to what they're doing. But they're fricking kids. So we rightly say they're debased cowards.
Terrorists are killing innocents for religious/political purposes. The fervency of their belief doesn't redeem their actions nor is it a point of moral strength. It's misguided and twisted morality that asserts what they're doing is righteous.
Posted on 3/19/15 at 6:36 pm to genro
Bill Maher go fired for saying we brought 9/11 on ourselves by bein clwards and launching missles at the ME. Hardly the same thing, but you knew that
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