Sometimes I laugh until I can't stop screaming.

[TGRR]

http://www.contracostatimes.com/poli...nclick_check=1

Defense Department sees protests as terrorism

Antiterrorism training materials used by the Department of Defense teach that public protests should be regarded as "low-level terrorism," according to a letter of complaint sent to the department by the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California.

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Among the multiple-choice questions included in its Level 1 Antiterrorism Awareness training course — an annual training requirement for all DOD personnel that is fulfilled through Web-based instruction — the department asks the following: "Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorist activity?" To answer correctly, the examinee must select "protests."

(More at link.)


Doesn't that just make you want to eat stars and shit stripes?

[Aliantha]

Well I suppose their reasoning is that protesters are amassing a group of people to pressure another group or corporation or government into doing what they want.

The definition of terrorism includes words like fear etc, so I assume a group of people gathered together might make some people scared.

[morethanpretty]

I just scream, completely skip the laughing.

Fuck this terrorism shit, and our gov't. Go anarchy!

[DanaC]

Wow. That's worrying. Not entirely a huge surprise...but nonetheless

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well I suppose their reasoning is that protesters are amassing a group of people to pressure another group or corporation or government into doing what they want.

The definition of terrorism includes words like fear etc, so I assume a group of people gathered together might make some people scared.

By that standard, I'm a terrorist because I weigh 120 kilos with a bald head and a fu-manchu mustache.

Problem is, our constitution specifically calls out the right to protest, in any size group, so long as the group is peacable.

But that's just a silly piece of hemp some hippies wrote on back 220 years ago. We keep it in the Smithsonian to keep the government from literally shitting on it.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

I just scream, completely skip the laughing.

Fuck this terrorism shit, and our gov't. Go anarchy!

You have to learn to see the humor in these things.

TGRR,
Goin' out with a smile.

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Wow. That's worrying. Not entirely a huge surprise...but nonetheless

At least we aren't in Britain. They've started waterboarding regular (accused) criminals now.

So we'll be doing that sometime next week.

[Aliantha]

Well you did almost inflict terror on the cellar with your pictures...sooooo...

Funny, I never pictured you as a big guy. I had something different in mind. lol

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well you did almost inflict terror on the cellar with your pictures...sooooo...

Funny, I never pictured you as a big guy. I had something different in mind. lol

I look like this:



Except there's only one of me. Most times. Also, my skin color is normally "ruddy", not "toxic yellow".

[Aliantha]

I thought you were 'comic book guy' for a minute

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I thought you were 'comic book guy' for a minute

Who?

[Aliantha]

From the Simpsons. Do you watch the simpsons?

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

From the Simpsons. Do you watch the simpsons?

I haven't watched television since 1987, I'm afraid.

[Aliantha]

This is him

[TGRR]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

This is him

Hehe...I did get a little chunky after my last divorce, but it's mostly gone, now.

Basically, I decided on "no life" for a while. I am either on the internets, at work, at the gym, or unconscious. No stopping for ridiculous bigass cheeseburgers, either. It's all veggies and shit now.

Kill me.