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"Hobbist or Terrorist?" in Time Magazine

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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon [quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by kevinstheRRman nahhh Terrorisim Is not intended to cause rapid political change. Don't take the Train bombing in spain, and suddenly say what all acts of terrorism are intended for. Indeed there was a massive politacal change in Spain, i agree, that may have been the intention in Spain, But you would have to do a lot of work proving that the Attack on NYC was to invoke a massive politcal change., or any other acts of terrorisim. 1-6-0-0 [/quote] Of course terrorism is intended to affect political change. It is a form of warfare ( a detestable one and cowardly one) but a form of warfare nonetheless, and warfare is an instrument of political will. By attacking soft civilian targets, the intent is to strike fear (the political gain) and to disrupt routine and force the victim to commit additional resorrces that could be used in other places (a basic military tactic). The goal is to force the victim to either change national policies (end presence in the Mid East, Ireland, etc ) or achieve a shorter term goal (prisoner release, etc). The WTC attack by Al Queda was most assuredly based on ideology with a political motive. I agree with Mark, in that a railfan license is the wrong way to go, as it would be more of a concealed and carry permit, a get out of jail card, giving a rationale for being someplace and therefore open to abuse. Things ebb and flow and society goes through change and change again. I think this will eventually ease up .....and if anything else..like I always say..vote your conscience. [/quote] OK- NOW PROOVE that the Attack on the USA is going to cause a political change. It didn't / wasn't going to. If you recall correctly Post 9/11 beofre Iraq, support for Bush was it's highest yet. How does that go for Political change? You wanted the same person beofre the attack as you did after the attack You know what that is defined as? A change in Quantum leap porportions. Assuming some of you never took astro physicas, A Quantam leap, mathematically expressed, is a small step, a very small step or a barely visable movement. therfore, that debunks your Terrorisim political change idea. Terriorisim and Political change on Pearson's R scale Rank pretty Low, 0.25-0.3 Pearson used and invented this theory to rank how weall obeject A Corrilates (R) with object B In order for a Stron R, there has to be a Strong A (association) for example: Believe this or not, There is no R (R=Corrilation) in the amount of hours study, and the results on the exam\quiz\test, and this is a proven fact. R=0.15 Most likely you and your Wife have a Strong R (usually 0.85, or 0.9) the best you can get is a 1. So no, those two, don't go together.
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