I am aware of all this.
but ther's just been a terrorist attack on a cricket team. No matter how you rationalise it, it's weird!
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Tue 3 Mar 2009, 9:13,
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no less weird
than declaring a war on a conecpt (terror, drugs etc)
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Tue 3 Mar 2009, 9:27,
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well they're not countries
or regimes or military juntas or alien invasion parties
they are 'things' that have neither the power to defend themselves nor are capable of independent thought. Declaring war on specific terrorists makes sense, but to declare war on an emotion doesn't.
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Tue 3 Mar 2009, 9:38,
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they are 'things' that have neither the power to defend themselves nor are capable of independent thought. Declaring war on specific terrorists makes sense, but to declare war on an emotion doesn't.