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0rganism

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31. F. i do believe the answer is F.

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2014, 07:56 PM

Dec 2014

"F) No. Retaliation is never the answer"
not so much because retaliation is never an answer, but it is seldom if ever the answer.
in this day and age, taking down internet for an entire nation as a retaliatory response reeks of collective punishment and is categorically wrong.

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If the internet outage in North Korea was a cyber attack by the US [View all] Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 OP

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA tradewinds Dec 2014 #1

Get your ass off the keyboard please. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #25

Sorryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I've been eeeeeeeeeeeating ccccarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrmallllllllll cooo tradewinds Dec 2014 #27

I think that you need to edit your OP to turn it into a poll. nt TexasTowelie Dec 2014 #2

That would require a paid account. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #4

It would be an act of war. nichomachus Dec 2014 #3

Even so........AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA tradewinds Dec 2014 #5

Probably, but then again some may consider threats of violence by a foreign government Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #6

I don't know why posters here don't get that helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #23

It's a moot point now that we know it was all a publicity stunt. PSPS Dec 2014 #7

Looking more and more like it was a publicity stunt. Sony and Regal Theaters are hiding something. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #9

That' a hell of an accusation helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #13

What? helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #11

Proving a negative, you know what they say about folks demanding to prove a negative? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #15

Yeah , it's called talking out your a### helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #17

Sorry you suffer from such a painful affliction. Try using your mouth, attach it to some neurons. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #20

As I thought helpmetohelpyou Dec 2014 #26

'IT WAS A DISGRUNTLED SONY INSIDER, OUT FOR REVENGE' WorseBeforeBetter Dec 2014 #30

Cyber attack? Bah. I say we nuke the bastards! dissentient Dec 2014 #8

Merry Christmas and nuking a country are kind of contradictory, sarcastic or not. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #10

You don't say. dissentient Dec 2014 #14

As I understand it... yuiyoshida Dec 2014 #12

That makes sense. How many could afford it or access, and those that can might as well be in a glass bubble, Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #16

I doubt it was us. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #18

I doubt it was us. It was hackers around the world having fun with the Korean internet system. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #21

Yes, probably. True Blue Door Dec 2014 #22

And who is more proportional and measured than Obama? Nope, not us. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #24

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA DemocratSinceBirth Dec 2014 #19

Fire, I bid you to burn seveneyes Dec 2014 #28

No (nt) bigwillq Dec 2014 #29

F. i do believe the answer is F. 0rganism Dec 2014 #31