Considerable complexity?

What is complex about terrorism? Is there a justification for attacking children and civilians on purpose?

There is complexity in war and sometimes things are not black and white. But terrorism as a strategy is not a complex issue. It's a war crime, plain and simple.

so...that's your answer to my question about the reason obama was being referred to as "obammy"?

it's becoming curiouser & curiouser.

thanks tho.

actually i'm also interested in your take on a proposition frequently put forward on this very site by a small but vocal number of individuals who insist racism no longer exists in contemporary america,  clearly also of the opinion a good offense is the best defense, they respond with statements such as this:  

seemingly suggesting racism exists only in the eyes of the beholder.

what i'm wondering is if you agree that's also true of anti-semitism?

civilians are generally the mass that powers political protest.  it's not at all unusual for large groups of angry demonstrators to damage property and their opponents or for subgroups within the larger movement to literally go commando. 

It was more a reply to the point about black presidents and racism.

My point was that a black president is not above ignoring the plight of Africans, i.e. actually oppressed black people.

I think racism exists in contemporary America, especially among certain right-wing whites and certain left-wing blacks.

In general US society is less racist than most others (a black CEO would be unheard of in Germany) and very much less racist than some societies (the Darfur genocide is not something I could image happening in contemporary America).

I am very worried about individuals like Ron and Rand Paul who have ample support among white supremacists (what do Stormfront know about the Pauls that we don't?) and also about President Obama who seems to think that the key to peace is segregation of Arabs and Jews.

I am also worried about the increasing socially accepted racism among the mainstream left, like talks about Hamas being a legitimate government we have to respect etc..

Anybody who claims that racism no longer exists in contemporary America just needs to take a look at the people many left-wing "peace activists" support in the middle-east:

How is support for that not racism?

(I am assuming we agree that the man in the picture is not a philo-semite talking about the medical qualities of Jewish blood donations who later couldn't explain why he was filmed with so many weapons. Talk about gun nuts...)

Yes, not quite the same as firing rockets at schools and hospitals.

The problem is when those "angry demonstrators" decide to be angry at kindergardens and hospitals and start damaging not property but children and women.

If people are upset by police presence and attack them, that's a crime.

But if people are upset by kindergardens and hospitals and attack those, that's terrorism.

Most people (especially on the left) look at what people (claim to) fight for, not what methods they use. They argue that the goal justifies the means. But I think that the means justify the goal.

"Mammy", not "mommy."

I had never heard of the term "Obammy" before.

Tea is a beverage.

Food for thought.

Interesting but since this is just your "opinion" (nothing or real value these days) I guess it doesn't really matter now does it?

How... man of you? to admit this.

Glad I could help. Always willing to help the less fortunate and handi-cap. I'm sure such complex issues will be simpler with time, after all they say with age comes wisdom although in your case it's more like a lesson well learned.

What's truly astounding is how you can use so many big words and still sound so second grade (literally as well). I guess age and wisdom are not a constant.

He could use some. Thought that is.

Wow, KB referencing one of my "rants" what an honor

I just got called on a "bad" word!!!

and if people are congregating peacefully in hope of spreading the gospel of "christian identity" while wearing ss uniforms and bearing swastika banners?  no rockets, no kindegartens, no terrorism? 

how bout when they hold their rallies in a community in which a number of holocaust survivors choose to reside?

or a large group of men wearing hooded robes and carrying flaming torches who march through the darkened streets of a minority community without damaging a single kindergarten or hospital with or without rockets?