What comes to mind when you hear: Terrorist?

[mrhappyface]

Terrorists. The Nazis and Communists of our generation. The very epitome of evil in Western Civilization. When i say it, what do you think of? Humans or demons? Tragic villians or complete monsters?

 

[photog212]

Fox news and fear mongering.

 

[Illustro Cado]

I think of George Bush laughing to himself because he thinks he just said something clever.

 

[mrhappyface]

Bodies strewn across the dead end street? Broken bottles under childrens' feet?

 

[Kollega]

I think of someone who suicide-bombs the orphanage because his leader hijacked and twisted a religious or political cause for his own ends. As it always has been, regular terrorists are horribly misguided, and all their leaders are manipulative fucks.

 

[sylekage]

A group that existed pre and post- 9/11. the year before and after the event, that ceased to exist because the word gets thrown around like "cool" or "the."

"OMG A SHOE WITH SOME LINT!!!11!1 BOMBZ!!1! He's a terorrist!!11"

it's annoying that they throw that word around to the point where terrorists want a new name.

 

[Nimzar]

The Boston Tea Party

 

[photog212]

Bodies strewn across the dead end street? Broken bottles under childrens' feet?

I STILL won't heed the battle call!

 

[Sneaklemming]

My politics class?

 

[mrhappyface]

I think of someone who suicide-bombs the orphanage because his leader hijacked and twisted a religious or political cause for his own ends. As it always has been, regular terrorists are horribly misguided, and all their leaders are manipulative fucks.

Poor Dumb Bastards. Don't know any better.

 

[NeutralDrow]

Batman Forever for the Genesis. Specifically, the second level, inside the bank, those guys with the chainsaws.

After that, I think "which ones? The global ones or the local ones? That matters, you know."

 

[ThisTypeofThinking]

First the stereotypical "terrorist", then the environmental ones from Rainbow 6.

 

[ffxfriek]

this wont end well. but umm..extremists, nazis, you for making this thread have caused me terror.... etc

 

[Fappy]

This man:

If you see him please report it the authorities immediately.

 

[Beartrucci]

When I read the thread title I thought of 9/11 first.

 

[jonnosferatu]

Someone who employs violence against a civil population (and the fear this produces) in the interest of a political agenda.

So yeah, uh.

 

[mrhappyface]

It's very strange actually. In the time of the Red Scare, calling someone Communist was the ultimate insult and very serious. Now, the term is used to criticize leftists and Nazi is used to criticize Republicans. I think of 9/11 and OBL as soon as i hear it. The second thing i think of are bunny hopping idiots with sniper rifles speaking in 1337.

 

[Zweiblumen]

The "normal" terrorists (suicide bombers and such), and Sea Shepher Conservation Society.

 

[Kortney]

Bearded men wearing towels* on their heads and screaming in Arabic.

* - I'm not trying to be a bigot here, I don't know what these garments are actually called and I'm too lazy to look it up - so towels will suffice.