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  • #1

    "Report suspicious activity! Total Bull----! You have created a self fulfilling prophecy"

    Thus says the note in the packages delivered yesterday and today in the DC area that burst into flame when opened.

    I don't like those signs either. Remind me of communist-style thought police.

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  • #2
    The suspect has already been branded a "terrorist".
    "I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
    "I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain

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    • #3
      He was probably acting suspiciously. If only someone reported him...
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      • #4
        Originally posted by DanS View Post
        Thus says the note in the packages delivered yesterday and today in the DC area that burst into flame when opened.

        I don't like those signs either. Remind me of communist-style thought police.

        http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...IDDLTopStories
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        • #5
          Originally posted by DanS View Post

          I don't like those signs either. Remind me of communist-style thought police.

          I haven't seen them. Is this like a Crime Stoppers sort of thing?

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Wezil View Post
            The suspect has already been branded a "terrorist".
            How can one be a terrorist when the domestic population likely agrees with his cause?
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            • #7
              Originally posted by MRT144 View Post
              How can one be a terrorist when the domestic population likely agrees with his cause?
              You tell me?

              As with "fascist", the word is being so overused and its definition so stretched that it is starting to have little real meaning anymore.

              edit - From CNN

              "If their ideology is they are trying to disrupt the government to get their point across, then they are a terrorist," Sheridan said.
              Last edited by Wezil; January 7, 2011, 18:44.
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              • #8
                I have reported this thread to the moderators. It seems posters here have something to hide.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Wiglaf View Post
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                  • #10
                    Those "report suspicious activity" signs downtown piss me off too. I saw one graffiti'd with "end big brother--nobama" on it, which leads me to believe it isn't really popular with anyone, as it doesn't seem like a Democrat thing either.

                    Whoever graffiti'd it was an idiot though. It was in sharpie.
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                    • #11
                      I feel that those signs should be reported for being suspicious.
                      "I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
                      'I'm fairly certain that a ban on me punching you in the face is not a "right" worth respecting." - loinburger

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DanS View Post
                        Remind me of McCarthy-style thought police.
                        fixed

                        Apart from that, I agree
                        "post reported"Winston, on the barricades for freedom of speech
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                        • #13
                          It's the Uni....flamer!

                          ACK!
                          Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust!

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