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I agree with Aberkor about how the term "terrorist" has been reshaped by the media. Though I have to add that around here, in the circles I travel "terrorist" has become synonymous with "Islamic Fundamentalist".
Concerning the second point of ourselves in the west trying to do something to aliviate the hatred towards us. I think both Aberkor and alansmithee have a point. Alansmithee's rape victim analogy is rather good. Yet it doesnt cancel out Aberkors argument. It's important to deal with both the cause and the effect.
Conspiracy theories around the timing of the event don't hold much water for me. I don't think London would have lost the bid. London dealt with terrorist attacks in the past, this is nothing new to them. Any city hosting the game would be a terrorist target, Paris, London or New York, it really doesnt matter much.
Then we all know of the political, economic and most importantly idiological impact that 9/11 had on this country. After 9/11 the majority of the damage to this country was done by America it'self.
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