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LanternWaste

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7. I've found a crude litmus test that allows me to realize if I'm wasting my time

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Original post)

Wed Mar 1, 2017, 05:59 PM

Mar 2017

I've found a crude litmus test that allows me to realize if I'm wasting my time with talking to anyone about terrorism as we know it and see it today: "Are you aware of the Sykes–Picot Accord?"

If the reponse is a dull-witted stare, we may as well be discussing Advanced Film Theory with someone who is unaware of the existence or meaning of the three act structure.

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Do Americans know how the US and alies created Bin Laden, ISIL, etc? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 OP

most of them do not have a clue niyad Mar 2017 #1

No, they don't... Wounded Bear Mar 2017 #2

Doing what most object to being done malaise Mar 2017 #3

If you read comment board you see loud rightwingers Blue_true Mar 2017 #4

Do you remember this? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #6

No no, they hate us for our freedom. trof Mar 2017 #5

I've found a crude litmus test that allows me to realize if I'm wasting my time LanternWaste Mar 2017 #7