Whats the difference between terrorist Samson's suicide killing and todays terrorist suicide bombers?
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The people who wrote the old testament had a great deal in common with modern day muslim extremists.\n\nA lot of moderately religious people seem to miss this extremely important detail every day.\n\nEdit - Samson killed himself dropping the roof of a temple on himself and his enemies...\n\nEdit - Do none of you Christians understand how you are completely validating exactly what I just said?  To the answerers here, saying Samson's "not like a terrorist" because he was doing "the will of God"... do you not see that you are speaking exactly like a suicide bomber?  :)  Seriously, think about what you've been force-fed, people.  Please, think long and hard about it.
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Long before Israel existed. Arabs have been committing mass murder against Jews at least since the 20's.
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As "one man's terrorist is anothers freedom fighter" I suspect that it depends more on your point of view than any 'fact'.\n\nPeace out
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Calling the punishment severe is based on modern westernized ideals.  Hanging seems a lot more humane than burying someone up to thier neck (while they are alive) and then throwing stones at thier heads until they die, or worse.  The western world's veiw of harsh punishment has nothing on the ways that Arab countried have traditionally killed thier citizens. Hanging probably seems like they are being rewarded with a quick death, so I doubt that it would effect the actions of insurgents/ terrorists.  Westerners don't have the stomach to do things that would get the bad guy's attention.
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They are both about the same. They both hate Jews, they both think they are superior to everybody else and that they are the only ones who deserve to live free. They both tend to be very ignorant of everything including what is supposed to be their own beliefs and sacred texts.
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There are not any and your statement about stationing troops in Saudi Arabia is untrue also. Terrorists kill people because they are savages and they do not need a reason, they give a reason but the truth is they are savages.
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Hate is the reason they exist.  Fear of anything different is the reason they exist.  They kill for nothing more than the sake of killing.  In reality, they believe in no god, have no compassion and no conscience.  As long as people can be swayed by hate and fear, terrorists will exist.  When I die, I intend to go haunt Osama Bin Laden and drive him so mad that he can't function!  I am sorry for the loss of your school mate.
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how could the people believe anyone other than the muslims were the perpetrators that day?  they have videos of the 19 boarding the planes.. and believe me there is no way an Islamic terrorist is going to do anything for Isreal.  their hatred for the jew runs way too deep for that.
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World Trade Center Bombing (before 9/11 around 1993), Oklahoma City Bombing(1995), (1996) Dhahran, Saudi Arabia killed 19 servicemen outside Khobar Towers military complex, USS Cole Bombing, Unibomber, 2005\nNov. 9, Amman, Jordan: Suicide bombers hit 3 American hotels, Radisson, Grand Hyatt and Days Inn, in Amman Jordan, killing 57. Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility.\n\nThat is all I have
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Because that's what a terrorist is.  They do not care if they kill civilians or not.  They do not differentiate between the guilty and the innocent.  That is how they work.  They strike fear into others by killing indiscriminately.
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One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter. \nWhether guerilla tactics are evil depends on whether we use them against others or whether they are used against us. \nAt one point in time American settlers were considered terrorists against the English crown, and Israel was helped into existance by Mossad, then considered terrorists by the English (again), for killing civilians and bombing buildings in order to create the Jewish homeland.\nI believe that the press coverage of Iraq and terrorism tends to use the word "terrorism" a bit too liberally. A lot of attacks against American troups are doubtlessly perfomed by "real" terrorists a.k.a. al Quaida, people that are not fighting FOR anything but rather AGAINST everything, against America and the West to be exact. Many of them aren't Iraqis but muslim secretly brought into the country and trained in geuerilla warfare, as terrorist, to be used, if possible, somewhere else later. \nOn the other hand there are insurgents, probably more everyones idea of freedom fighters. They fight FOR a free Iraq (whatever they mean with this). They are Iraquis and they feel their cuntry has been invaded, and they bloody well want to do something about it. Calling them terrorists seems a stretch.
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First of all, it's not all people and not all muslims and not all islam...\n\nThis is what everyone sees...\n\nMuslim and Palestinians people are the only ones who actually strap bombs on their bodies and blow up innocent people.  No other nationality or religion does that.
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I agree with that someone who told you None had been killed in the middle east!\nWell maybe in Iraq,not sure bout that,but that's a different thing!!\nIraq is a battle field,alotta people get killed either way!\n\nBut other than that,there were no murders of pilots in any other middle eastern countries!!
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Good question!\n\nThe obvious answer is, a terrorists is anybody who kills people you like, and the guys killing people we don't like, aren't, they're FREEDOM fighters!\n\nSo you answer your own question -  If somebody blows-up YOUR loved ones, are they terrorists or freedom fighters?\n\nYou see, there's no absolute truths in life! truth is a function of the circumstances!\n\nAlways has been, always will.\n\nSo don't let the demigods, otherwise known as politicians, mislead you.  Everybody has an agenda.  If you seek absolute truth, it's gonna be a long journey!\n\nIn the meantime, I'm supporting those who kill people who want to do harm to people I like, like my kids and grandkids!\n\nVaya con dios, amigo!
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you are quite correct, in fact Jews used terrorism in the same way that the palestinians do today long before anyone else. They were the origional terrorists
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I don't agree with the US not branding them as terrorists, but consider this. You said the IRA has been doing the exact same thing . Well, not entirely. I don't think the IRA has killed 3,000 people in one day. I understand what your saying and I think any number of people lost is bad, but that was a pretty massive number.
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If you kill me for no other reason than I went to work that day, you are a terrorist.\n\nIf I kill you because you killed a bunch of people for no other reason than they went to work that day, I am not a terrorist.  Even if I have to kill a bunch of people that you put in the way as cannon fodder.\n\nIt's really not that hard.