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Originally posted by HarmlessRabbit
"terrorism" comes from many causes and many castes. Look at Timothy McVeigh, for example. That's why a War On Terrorism is, in my opinion, like a War On The Color Blue.
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I don't understand the reference to McVeigh.
I don't agree that terrorism is analogous to the color blue. Terrorism is something that can be addressed and changed, unlike the color blue. While it may have many causes, the two that most clearly stand out are political impotence and poverty; the latter seems to be a point of contention between us, but it's possible that an interaction occurs between the two*. Both of those issues can be addressed, but in both instances, the dominant group will have to relinquish claim to limited resources, whether that's political power or access to riches. Right now it appears the dominant group wants to violently suppress reactions to global hemogeny. I don't know for certain that such reactions will fail. I just disagree that it's the best method since it will be so costly.
*In statistical analysis, a main effect is caused by an independent variable (in this case, politics or poverty). There could be no statistically significant main effect due to one or both independent variable(s) and still be a statistically significant effect due to the interaction between the two independent variables. If that occurs, we interpret the interaction instead of the main effect or lack thereof.