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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
None of the violence that Thompson points to is related to him. He didn't have anything to do it and those that did were not pushing the same agenda.
Terrorist groups will claim responsibility for acts which they have no personal stake in if it will earn them the intimidation factor they're looking for.
The goal of the terrorist and Thompson are not to have the violence happen, but to acquire power from it when it does happen. If Thompson had all the power he wanted, he wouldn't show up every time a violent act potentially linkable to gaming happened, just as terrorists have no reason to threaten if they are content with the situation of their country/people.
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Jack Thompson may look at something like that and try to associate it with his agenda but in actuallity it's unrelated. I think a terrorist has to be someone who actual causes violence or supports someone who does.
So the people who threaten and then don't follow through aren't terrorists?
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Yeah but it's not like Osama Bin Laden claims credit for terrorist acts caused by people not related to his cause. He would only claim responsibility for an Islamic related terrorist act because that's his agenda. Thompson tries to attach his agenda to unrelated acts.
Bin Laden doesn't need to be taken seriously, hence why he doesn't need to attempt to get his name attached to causes he has no relation to.
However, I'm sure smaller groups who are trying to get their name out there who would have no problem adjusting their "cause" on the fly 1) because odds are no one has heard of them or their cause so it's still up in the air and 2) the goal is not to stick to their cause but to acquire power. That's what terrorism is about: power.
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And if Thompson is a terrorist by your definition then so is the media and a whole sh!t load of politicians. Hell MADD are terrorists because everytime someone gets killed in a drinking and driving accident they associate it with their cause. MADD points at stuff like that and says "this is why drinking and driving is bad". Well I guess they're using fear to manipulate us. Damn MADD terrorists. Let's not forget those horrible DARE people as well. And anti-smoking groups.
No, because MADD is composed of mothers who have lost children to drunk driving accidents and want to keep it from happening to others. MADD has no political aspirations. MADD has no goals beyond its expressed purpose and I suspect its members don't either.
JT, on the other hand, has other goals, goals which he is not being honest with the rest of the world about. To my knowledge, he has never lost anyone in a "gaming" related incident, nor does he have any real stake in it other than to use it as a "cause" to gain recognition and then political standing.
JT is using fear to further his own goals which he isn't honest about, hence why his use of fear is not only unjustified but also malicious.