Journal FortKnox's Journal: Terrorism == Communism?? 15
Something I've observed and thought I'd share:
Terrorist in the 2000's is like a commie in the 1950's.
Think about it. The worst thing back in the day is to be under investigation by J.Edgar Hoover under the grounds that you may be a communist or have ties to communists. Today, they slap the word 'terrorist' or 'terrorism' on something to be able to remove personal rights or scare the begesus outta someone... or to stage a bit of a public scare....
The reason I thought of this was when J.Edgar Hoover investigated Mohammad Ali's background to see if he had ties to communism. If he were alive today, would he look into Ali's background (because he converted to Islam) to see if he had ties to terrorists?
Wonder how we will look back at this era in 50 years...
Please note: I'm not giving you my opinion on one side or the other... just merely an observation.
Terrorist in the 2000's is like a commie in the 1950's.
Think about it. The worst thing back in the day is to be under investigation by J.Edgar Hoover under the grounds that you may be a communist or have ties to communists. Today, they slap the word 'terrorist' or 'terrorism' on something to be able to remove personal rights or scare the begesus outta someone... or to stage a bit of a public scare....
The reason I thought of this was when J.Edgar Hoover investigated Mohammad Ali's background to see if he had ties to communism. If he were alive today, would he look into Ali's background (because he converted to Islam) to see if he had ties to terrorists?
Wonder how we will look back at this era in 50 years...
Please note: I'm not giving you my opinion on one side or the other... just merely an observation.
Good observation... (Score:1)
yeah... but if you go further back (Score:2)
We like buzzwords.
Nothing but the words change.
hehe Cossack.
Re:yeah... but if you go further back (Score:2)
Cossack... doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it?
Re:yeah... but if you go further back (Score:2)
get your goddamned filthy Cossack hands off of me...
no this isn't working.
Re:yeah... but if you go further back (Score:2)
50 years from now (Score:2)
Probably as the barbaric times before the founding of the Ministry of Truth. Everyone repeat after me:
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
now where is my thorazine.....
Okay, then. I'll give mine. (Score:2)
Mmmm...I should go watch The Atomic Cafe again just to see if it's as eerie as I think it is.
EXACTLY. (Score:2)
I found the fact that he linked the two ideas together to be far more telling than the fact that he wanted the leader assassinated.
Re:EXACTLY. (Score:1)
Correction (Score:2)
You misspelled "terrrrrrrist".
And hey! 9-11 changed everything!
Cheers,
Ethelred
Too True (Score:2)
Even funnier is that anti-war marches are organized by communists/socialists.
Re:Too True (Score:2)
Re:Too True (Score:2)
Internationale, our anthem since the Second International, exhorts us to 'shoot the generals' of our nations if they try to 'sacrifice u
McCarthy (Score:2)