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[TPFKA@W]

The Physics and the myth of cow tipping.

[liberty]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.


Yrs,
Rubato

Well here we go again:

It is just an attention getting joke; can’t you tell he not serious. The guy is just try to sell bacon, I hope it not in the UK there he could lose his business and go to prison for a joke.

[Lord Jim]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.

Yrs,
Rubato

And of course not every moslem suicide bomber is a moslem that follows all the rules--I recall Atta and his boys partied and drank alcohol before 9/11. I wouldn't be surprised if some ate bacon or other pork products.

-I recall Atta and his boys partied and drank alcohol before 9/11.

And at a strip club no less...

[Joe Guy]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.

Of being an ISLAMIC suicide bomber, yes.
But of being a suicide bomber for, let's say, the IRA, no.

Maybe rubato could take this opportunity to explain the rationale for his knee-jerk irrational response to a slogan...

[rubato]

Actually some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber so eating it again would have zero effect.

But that is the kind of thing you would understand by a process of rational thought, not knee-jerk emotional sloganeering.

Of being an ISLAMIC suicide bomber, yes.
But of being a suicide bomber for, let's say, the IRA, no.

Maybe rubato could take this opportunity to explain the rationale for his knee-jerk irrational response to a slogan...

You've heard of ANY IRA suicide bombers?

Asshole?

Post a link.


yrs,
rubato

[Joe Guy]

What a surprise! You missed the point.

You made a knee jerk emotional statement in response to Bicycle Bill's post in which he made the point that a suicide bomber doesn't necessarily have to be an Islamic person.

Your emotional response is nothing unusual, of course. I just thought I'd point it out.

Then you went and made another knee jerk emotional statement in response to my post.

[oldr_n_wsr]

I think if I actually planned a suicide (not like the "spur of the moment" suicide I tried), I would go for things I am "forbidden" to do/have/etc.
But that's just me.

[Lord Jim]

And the fact remains that this statement:

some one who would eat bacon for breakfast already had a 0% chance of being an Islamic suicide bomber

is...

oh, what's the technical word for it...

oh yeah...

wrong...

Since we already know for a fact (well, at least those of us who know facts, anyway) that it's entirely possible for someone to be an Islamic suicide bomber without being a strictly observant Muslim...

[Joe Guy]

Oh sure Lord Jim... next you'll expect me to believe that some Catholics eat meat on Friday.

You are being an emotional knee-jerk...

[Bicycle Bill]

First of all, my comment was made hypothetically.  I figured more people would recognize the IRA as a non-Islamic terrorist organization than the 'Black Tigers' (Sri Lanka), which have used suicide bombers (there have also been recorded instances of suicide bombers who did not have Islamic ties in China, Bolivia, and Finland).  Maybe I should have made reference to the May 1962 loss of Continental Airlines Flight 11, an incident that appears to have been the inspiration for the fictional 'D.O. Guerrero' sub-plot in the 1970 movie "Airport", or the Japanese kamikazes of WWII instead?

Secondly, there is historical evidence that the IRA HAS used "proxy bombs" — explosive devices transported by individuals who are coerced by various means to go through with the attack, and investigations into other acts of violence committed or authorized by leaders within the IRA show that suicide bombers were in fact employed or considered.

-"BB"-

[Gob]

Never let the facts get in the way of rubato.

[RayThom]

I think if I actually planned a suicide (not like the "spur of the moment" suicide I tried), I would go for things I am "forbidden" to do/have/etc.
But that's just me.

IIRC most of the 9/11 hijackers spent their last night on earth going to strip clubs and drinking alcohol. A great sin by Quran standards but Allah forgave them because they became martyrs for Islam.

All sin is relative.

[Big RR]

Also, IMHO, it shows their act was more of a political act than a religious one. Sure, eternity in heaven with the gifted virgins may have played a part in their decision, but for the most part they were striking back at something they perceived as an oppressor set out to ruin their way of life--just like a lot of other political minorities who turn to terrorism.