(November 15, 2015 at 1:01 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: One man's war is another man's terror, apparently. I'm certainly not justifying any of them when I point out that classing war as terrorism in order to rescue a weak point is pretty silly.
That's not what I have done. I never said all wars are acts of terrorism. I didn't list the USA's involvement in WWI or WWII as international terrorism now did I?
I gave you a bunch of examples which are textbook terrorism. That is: violence to achieve political goals.
In addition to terrorism the USA is also guilty of war crimes, and other international crimes. Australia is guilty of some international crimes as well, particularly the 1951 Refugee Convention. But we are not a terrorist State, nor is China, nor is most of Europe.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
