JHBowden
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:02 PM
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I'm sick of the PC "insurgent" talk! |
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Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 09:03 PM by JHBowden
Remember the old days when we had rebellions and rebels?
Now we have this yuppie-speak "insurgency" and "insurgent" talk. Anyone else feel the same way about this?
insurgency
n : an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a constituted government through the use of subversion and armed conflict
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TheFarseer
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:05 PM
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1. I like the term insurgent |
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Some people might call them terrorists and some might call them freedom fighters. Insurgent is a nice neutral term. All I ask for in my reporting is no bias.
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patrice
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:07 PM
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2. How many foreign fighters are there against us? |
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They're Rebels if they are Iraqis. They're Terrorists if they are foreign non-Coalition. They're Occupiers if they are Coalition.
You're right though, I've been noticing that I'm un-comfortable with that word "Insurgency" too.
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:41 PM
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7. 100% of the US forces are "FOREIGN FIGHTERS"!! |
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Edited on Tue Jun-28-05 09:43 PM by TahitiNut
(sheesh!) So, start the count at 140,000.
<deep breath>
Sorry, I've had it up to the eyebrows with the phrase 'foreign fighters.' :shrug:
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:10 PM
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3. At the same time, I've been wondering |
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when did people locked in cells become "detainees"?? I've got a friend who thought he was a prisoner for all those many months he was in jail.
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:11 PM
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4. Ok...in the local vernacular... |
JHBowden
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:13 PM
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6. Take the Civil War, for instance. |
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It was between federals and rebels, right? Who would refer to the war as an "insurgency," or call the rebel yell the "insurgent yell" I wonder?
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Tue Jun-28-05 09:11 PM
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5. And NOW Bushass is saying they are the ones we were originally |
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fighting! You can't fight an insurgent unless you start a war or a conflict. I tried so hard to not listen to that Big Fat Ass Wipe but I caught one sentence and it went something like this:
"We have to fight all the terrorists that are in Iraq"
IS THE WHOLE WORLD FUCKING CRAZY? WHY IS JOE SCARBOROUGH EVEN TALKING ABOUT THIS MAN IN THE BACK ROUND WHILE I TYPE.
calm down: It is like they are all in this surreal world and they are trying to bring all the other pod people with them. It is a bad grade B horror movie. And the most powerful people in the country are in staring roles!
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