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Re: Where's Larry and Hoppy when you need 'em???
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:19:30 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy P. Smith wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Timothy Gould wrote:
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If most of them weren’t US citizens then I agree with the latter part of
this argument. With Terror tactics and WMDs (such as a Boeing 747) then a
viable body of rebels doesn’t have to be large. Were the hijackers US
citizens by and large then I think that their goals (destruction of the US
state) would most certainly by rebellion.
Tim
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The 9/11 guys weren’t US citizens (I think one or two were). But hasn’t the
UK had trouble with terrorism by citizens? (not the Ireland troubles, but the
21st century kind).
Tim
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Yeah. Most (if not all) of the Tube bombers and failed tube bombers were UK
citizens. Many of them were even born here. I’d personally count that as
rebellion.
Tim
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| (...) Hard to say, honestly. I've been giving this some more thought, and it seems to me that a necessary component of rebellion is a desire to break from the targeted nation (or break from some or all of its policies) without necessarily requiring (...) (17 years ago, 25-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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