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What makes a terrorist?

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6thGen said:
No, you've disproved that the rest of the years didn't show as strong of a correlation as 2007. You also faulted there since you didn't look at the terrorists' country of origin. And again, there was a 95% correlation in 2007, so I'm not conceding a damn thing, but I never said that it was a 95% correlation in other years, I said that other years were consistent, meaning they consistently show a correlation, not necessarily as strong.

The fact that you make an incredible jump by "proving" that the correlation wasn't as strong in other years to your premise that it doesn't at all correlate, and has nothing to do with it shows how intellectually bankrupt you are and how incredibly weak your argument is.
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Again your argument is completely self defeating.

Your assertion:

?Not poverty. Not our support of Israel. Rather, suppression of civil liberties and political rights. Chickpea, here are your root causes?,-6thGen

And you prove this how? By showing (you?ve abandoned the 95%) a correlation between a suppression of civil and political rights and terrorism.

But, facts can?t exist in isolation. So if we can show a (no longer 95%) correlation between __________________ (fill in the blank here) and terrorism then, by your logic we have found a root cause of terrorism.

Let?s look at 2007 ?your favorite year for proving your point.

62 of 70 incidents involved people from nations who are opposed to US support of Israel. That?s 88%.

So we must, by your logic, conclude that US support of Israel is a root of terrorism.

68 of 70 incidents involved people from impoverished nations. That?s 94%.

So we must, by your logic, conclude that Poverty is a root cause of terrorism.

You can ?prove? nearly any hypothesis with such simplistic reasoning. I can ?prove? that breathing air causes lung cancer if I only consider the data that supports my conclusion.

 
6thGen said:
How many times can you respond to one post?.
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I can only answer that question statistically. The number of times I respond will be directly proportional to the number of times you are made to look foolish.

 
I think it is because people are not taking naps. When everyone was small, they took naps and I do not know of one instance of a kindergartener causing a terrorist attack. Crying over spilt milk- yes, but no terrorist attack. So that would be my 100% correlation? :biggrin:
 
BeachSiO2 said:
I think it is because people are not taking naps. When everyone was small, they took naps and I do not know of one instance of a kindergartener causing a terrorist attack. Crying over spilt milk- yes, but no terrorist attack. So that would be my 100% correlation? :biggrin:
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Good theory.

My dad always said that there is a direct relationship between grumpiness and irregularity. Maybe terrorists are constipated. We should be bombing them with fiber.:biggrin: Then they could take a nap, and everyone would be happy!:wave:
 
jdarg said:
Good theory.

My dad always said that there is a direct relationship between grumpiness and irregularity. Maybe terrorists are constipated. We should be bombing them with fiber.:biggrin: Then they could take a nap, and everyone would be happy!:wave:
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That's what I am talking about- let's find solutions. JDarg and I propose Metamucil and Sleeping Pills bombing runs. :clap:
 
BeachSiO2 said:
That's what I am talking about- let's find solutions. JDarg and I propose Metamucil and Sleeping Pills bombing runs. :clap:
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I bet it would be a whole lot cheaper than our current bombing runs. I'll throw in a few margaritas to make'em happy.
 
jdarg said:
I bet it would be a whole lot cheaper than our current bombing runs. I'll throw in a few margaritas to make'em happy.
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Some people get mean on Tequila :roll:

Then again I am not one of them so maybe the better answer is for us to drink margaritas and further refine our plan :scratch: :biggrin:
 
BeachSiO2 said:
Some people get mean on Tequila :roll:

Then again I am not one of them so maybe the better answer is for us to drink margaritas and further refine our plan :scratch: :biggrin:
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Yes, I'm often credited with solving all the world's problems when I drink a few margaritas. :lol: :floor:
 
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