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nonhuman
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Aug 24, 2005, 08:25 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
We're talking about simpleminded people who massmurder children and women here (and laugh while doing it). From before we already know that male terrorists have disguised themselves in burkahs so why not a homeless person ? I doubt they'd find anything too distasteful as nothing is out of bounds for those cretins.
If they're simpleminded we really don't have anything to worry about, do we?
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 08:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by nonhuman
If they're simpleminded we really don't have anything to worry about, do we?
Yeah I know seriously. I doubt simpleminded people can construct a bomb and plan out an attack.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:11 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
If terrorists do disguise themselves as the homeless there is little we can (or should) do.
I don't think you're correct. If it were true that some terrorists have been disguising themselves as homeless people then you can be pretty sure that all homeless people would rapidly be rounded up so that they can be checked out.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by nonhuman
If they're simpleminded we really don't have anything to worry about, do we?
Simpleminded people can be just as dangerous as others. It doesn't take a genius to be a human bomb, even retarded people pass the enrollment requirements of the terrorists as they have utilized retarded people in the past.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by Albert Pujols
Yeah I know seriously. I doubt simpleminded people can construct a bomb and plan out an attack.
The last failed London bombings is a good example of bumbling idiots, as their attack failed miserably.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:16 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
I don't think you're correct. If it were true that some terrorists have been disguising themselves as homeless people then you can be pretty sure that all homeless people would rapidly be rounded up so that they can be checked out.
And so they round up homeless people, then what? Ask them if they are terrorists? Do background checks on the thousands of homeless people out there? How do they round up the homeless people? After all, they don't have addresses.

What if somebody says that they think that terrorists are disguising themselves as Jewish people? Do we round them up too? Where does it all stop?

This "war on terror" is not a war that can be won.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
And so they round up homeless people, then what? Ask them if they are terrorists? Do background checks on the thousands of homeless people out there? How do they round up the homeless people? After all, they don't have addresses.
A homeless person with an expensive camera taking snapshots of landmarks ought to be a good clue, but I'm no detective.

     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:21 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
A homeless person with an expensive camera taking snapshots of landmarks ought to be a good clue, but I'm no detective.

Okay, so we should be on high alert for homeless people with expensive cameras? Haven't we always been?
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:27 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
Okay, so we should be on high alert for homeless people with expensive cameras? Haven't we always been?
There's been some reports of suspicious looking mideasterners taking pictures before but I'd never heard of the homeless angle before, though I could see it making sense.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:31 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
There's been some reports of suspicious looking mideasterners taking pictures before but I'd never heard of the homeless angle before, though I could see it making sense.
Maybe, but I'd simply rather not live on constant high alert. If this means being blissfully ignorant of possible threats, so be it. Just about everything is a potential threat (esp. the dog in Cody's signature).
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:34 PM
 
Originally Posted by budster101
So, you don't think they in fact use this technique? How did they prove or disprove this rather?
The perfect disguise for Muslim Extremists looking to do terrorist acts in the U.S. would be to pass as good republicans.

You'd never believe this to be true until you'd blew up in pieces.

The fact they'd have a legitimate right to bare arms makes them look, paradoxically, better Americans.
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:36 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
Maybe, but I'd simply rather not live on constant high alert. If this means being blissfully ignorant of possible threats, so be it. Just about everything is a potential threat (esp. the dog in Cody's signature).
It depends where you live. If you live in the same city as I do, it's pretty much been on constant alert for years straight now. Being alert of one's surroundings is not a foolish thing to do. I eye everybody on the subway and check them over, I don't trust nobody.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
It depends where you live. If you live in the same city as I do, it's pretty much been on constant alert for years straight now. Being alert of one's surroundings is not a foolish thing to do. I eye everybody on the subway and check them over, I don't trust nobody.
You don't trust nobody? So therefore there are people that you do trust?

If I lived in a major city, I'd be on higher alert, but I also think that there is a point where one can go overboard. Worrying about homeless people would be enough to drive me insane. I'd just rather not.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:51 PM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
You don't trust nobody? So therefore there are people that you do trust?
I'm talking about being aware of strangers on public transportation. Like I said, it depends where you live. Terrorists happen to have a huge hard-on for my city.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:51 PM
 
I am not too concerned.

Though my dog has been giving me that shift eye look.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:51 PM
 
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:53 PM
 
Originally Posted by Kevin
I am not too concerned.

Though my dog has been giving me that shift eye look.
Terrorists do plant bombs in dogs also (iraq), so I wouldn't put that past them.
     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:54 PM
 
Originally Posted by ambush
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The USA hasn't been hit since 9-11. It's not paranoia, it's common sense.

     
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Aug 24, 2005, 09:56 PM
 
Originally Posted by PacHead
I'm talking about being aware of strangers on public transportation. Like I said, it depends where you live. Terrorists happen to have a huge hard-on for my city.
Fort Wayne, Indiana?
     
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Aug 25, 2005, 10:13 AM
 
Originally Posted by besson3c
Fort Wayne, Indiana?
Shut up. Don't give 'em any ideas !

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Aug 25, 2005, 04:07 PM
 
I have my doubts about turtle777. He is a shady character who tries very hard to blend in.
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Aug 25, 2005, 05:14 PM
 
Originally Posted by Pendergast
The fact they'd have a legitimate right to bare arms...
I, for one, demand that they wear long sleeves.

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Aug 25, 2005, 05:42 PM
 
Originally Posted by Demonhood
clowns - innocent entertainers or terrorists hellbent on converting your children to their evil cause?!
Clowns are serial killers! Remember John Wayne Gacy?
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