Is opposing terrorism a form of colonialism?

[mrswdk]

Like when Mandela and Ghandi got beaten up by the British just for trying to help their people.

[PepeTheFrog]

No, opposing terrorism is stamping out the darkness with the light of capitalist driven republics! f*ck communism and all it's derivations!

[armati]

Is opposing terrorism a form of colonialism?

Can not be serious.

Otherwise....wow.

[DoomYoshi]

[Bernie Sanders]

Uncontrolled Capitalism is terrorism.

[armati]

It occured to me mrswdk could be a young age. my bad.

co·lo·ni·al·ism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

ter·ror·ism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Colonialism is a form of terrorism.

[Dukasaur]

It occured to me mrswdk could be a young age. my bad.

co·lo·ni·al·ism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

ter·ror·ism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Colonialism is a form of terrorism.

That is some bizarre revisionist history there. European nations colonizing abroad were in most cases removing bloodthirsty despot kings and replacing them with stability and good government. Europeans may have had to break the occasional egg to make an omelette, but they brought vaccinations, the rule of law, egalitarianism. road and railroads, peace and stability. Far from terrorizing the populations, they were in most cases liberating the majority of the people from poverty and slavery, stamping out random torture and cannibalism, and easily doubled the life expectancy of the people they took stewardship over.

[Thorthoth]

It occured to me mrswdk could be a young age. my bad.

co·lo·ni·al·ism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

ter·ror·ism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Colonialism is a form of terrorism.

That is some bizarre revisionist history there. European nations colonizing abroad were in most cases removing bloodthirsty despot kings and replacing them with stability and good government. Europeans may have had to break the occasional egg to make an omelette, but they brought vaccinations, the rule of law, egalitarianism. road and railroads, peace and stability. Far from terrorizing the populations, they were in most cases liberating the majority of the people from poverty and slavery, stamping out random torture and cannibalism, and easily doubled the life expectancy of the people they took stewardship over.

Exactly, and where is the gratitude, I ask you?
Just self-centered savages, the whole swarthy lot of them.

To paraphrase Nirvana, 'Rudyard Kipling will have his revenge on Mandalay'.

[Bernie Sanders]

It occured to me mrswdk could be a young age. my bad.

co·lo·ni·al·ism
the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically.

ter·ror·ism
the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Colonialism is a form of terrorism.

That is some bizarre revisionist history there. European nations colonizing abroad were in most cases removing bloodthirsty despot kings and replacing them with stability and good government. Europeans may have had to break the occasional egg to make an omelette, but they brought vaccinations, the rule of law, egalitarianism. road and railroads, peace and stability. Far from terrorizing the populations, they were in most cases liberating the majority of the people from poverty and slavery, stamping out random torture and cannibalism, and easily doubled the life expectancy of the people they took stewardship over.

Exactly, and where is the gratitude, I ask you?
Just self-centered savages, the whole swarthy lot of them.

To paraphrase Nirvana, 'Rudyard Kipling will have his revenge on Mandalay'.

Torture and slavery was welcomed by the native population also you can add small pox and measles to the equation. Thank GOD! for civilization!

[Thorthoth]

Torture and slavery was welcomed by the native population also you can add small pox and measles to the equation. Thank GOD! for civilization!

1. Natives already had their own torture and slavery.
2. Introduction of new pathogens is a risk ALL biological populations face.
3. (This one is obvious) Bernie = idiot + hypocrite-snowflake.

[mrswdk]

Europeans may have had to break the occasional egg to make an omelette

Did someone say revisionist?

they were in most cases liberating the majority of the people from poverty and slavery

Duk wins this thread.

[mrswdk]

My thesis is that suppressing terrorism = suppressing the political will of a native peoples = colonial occupation.

Are the CIA the 21st century's East India Trading Company?

Answer: yes.

[armati]

That is some bizarre revisionist history there. European nations colonizing abroad were in most cases removing bloodthirsty despot kings and replacing them with stability and good government. Europeans may have had to break the occasional egg to make an omelette, but they brought vaccinations, the rule of law, egalitarianism. road and railroads, peace and stability. Far from terrorizing the populations, they were in most cases liberating the majority of the people from poverty and slavery, stamping out random torture and cannibalism, and easily doubled the life expectancy of the people they took stewardship over

I guess Im totally gullible but I dont know if this is actually a serious answer or not.

Im old compared to most, and I come from a time when people ment what they said or they were considered...how do I put it?....scumbags? ya, thats close enough.
Today, people talk via text and net as opposed to face to face....things change.

If it is serious, consider just the aboriginal peoples of N.America, did their life expectancy increase with the genocides?
(lots of examples from many time periods)

Had the argument that humanity was dragging itself into the future been used...maybe that could be considered ,....well, feasible I guess.
But it wasnt, it was "replacing with good government"?????? that I got a good laugh from, thats something you would hear on saturday night live.
Rule of law???? please,.... do you people actually believe a "rule of law" exists? honustly?

I cant continue, you had to be presenting a jockularity. It was a good laugh tho Duk.

MR swdk you suggest the political will of the people is terrorism? Is that correct?

Well,.... today, people that simply watch the evil of our governments and do nothing might be considered more evil than the government itself, so you could argue that the terrorist act of colonization might be an improvement.

Maybe we need some aliens to colonize us.