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Re: New Terrorism inspired Fourth of July Fireworks

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Originally Posted by Lisa Perez
Just as long as the users know the difference between blowing a firecracker up, and blowing a real person up.
See, she gets it.
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Originally Posted by SuperDanman
So whats the difference between a terrorist and a president? Perception.
And so does he.

So, if one wants to "buy some fireworks and blow up some terrorists this weekend because I can", all the better. Just don't complain when you see Bush being burned in effigy, or see a flag trampled upon.

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Originally Posted by David Kelly
1. capital punnishment is legal in America
2. Saddam raped murdered thousands of his own people
3. OBL was indicted by a grand jury in the '98 US embassy bombings
and is worth 25,000,000 [dead or alive]
4. putting a president and terrorist in a same category is sickning
5. don't mess with the secret service. nothing is a joke to them (one of my HS teachers could tell you a story about it)
As for these, I'm not sure why some of them are relevant to the question of mocking leaders and/or terrorists via explosive devices.

1. Correct (but immaterial)
2. Likely (but also immaterial)
3. Correct (but why the reward amount is in any way pertinent, I can't say)
4. Like SuperDanman said, one man's terrorist is another's great leader. I'm not at all saying that Bush is Saddam's spitting image--but neither of them are especially responsible leaders. (And when we're talking about fireworks, who cares if presidents and terrorists are in the same category--they're all going to explode anyway....)
5. If they can't take a joke, or a parody, they should be in another line of work. Don't waste taxpayer dollars chasing Canadians who make fun of the system™. That sort of paranoia is utterly insane, and belongs in Soviet Russia.
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