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Stabbings and explosions
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RE: Stabbings and explosions
(September 18, 2016 at 6:39 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(September 18, 2016 at 6:09 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Wrong, wrong and wrong.

Terrorism is the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political goals. The fact that someone blew up a bomb intentionally doesn't tell anything about their motives for doing so, so we cannot establish whether it was terrorism or not as of yet.

Two bombs within 83 miles of each other, and an undetonated third (pressure-cooker variety) four blocks from the first. Figure it out for yourself.

Maybe someone was doing it for shits and giggles, I guess. But I wouldn't lay money on it.

It does seem likely that it's terrorism, but reporters and their sources are correct in waiting for confirmation rather than officially declare it something it's not yet been conclusively determined to have been.
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Stabbings and explosions - by paulpablo - September 18, 2016 at 3:38 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 4:54 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Expired - September 18, 2016 at 5:04 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 18, 2016 at 6:26 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by downbeatplumb - September 18, 2016 at 5:15 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 5:57 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Minimalist - September 18, 2016 at 12:30 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by A Theist - September 18, 2016 at 2:08 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 6:09 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by paulpablo - September 18, 2016 at 6:26 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 6:29 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 6:39 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 6:50 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 11:54 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 11:59 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 12:24 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 9:08 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Aegon - September 18, 2016 at 3:14 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 3:41 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Expired - September 18, 2016 at 9:13 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - September 18, 2016 at 6:37 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by c172 - September 18, 2016 at 8:48 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Angrboda - September 18, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by c172 - September 18, 2016 at 12:27 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 11:05 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 11:16 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 11:33 am
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Joods - September 18, 2016 at 2:38 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Aegon - September 18, 2016 at 3:06 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Minimalist - September 18, 2016 at 2:10 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by A Theist - September 18, 2016 at 2:14 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Excited Penguin - September 18, 2016 at 2:32 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by paulpablo - September 18, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by Thumpalumpacus - September 18, 2016 at 7:23 pm
RE: Stabbings and explosions - by c172 - September 25, 2016 at 1:25 am

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