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It's a valid complaint. *NM* Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM
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# I am I Says:
January 21st, 2010 at 2:26 pm

Interesting, but you are misusing statistics. Look I can do it too!

Look at the pie chart of the deaths caused by terrorist attacks vs. the group you might get a clearer picture of why Al-Qa’ida gets so much press:

Al-Qu’ida: 2972 (93.6%)
Timothy McVeigh: 168 (5.2%)
Other: 38 (1.2%)

So 94% of all terrorist related deaths in the US are caused by Islamic extremists.

Same data, opposite result.

I will say that giving equal weight to flying a plane full of people into a building by Al-Qu’ida terrorists and the Animal Liberation Front stealing a bunch of lab rats is disingenuous. Yet both are listed as terrorist acts in that table.

For perspective there were 30,896 firearms related deaths in the US in 2006 alone.

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All Terrorists are Muslims… except the 94% that aren’t. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 10:42:12 PM 1714 Views
I find that unsurprising. LadyLorraine - 01/02/2010 11:31:43 PM 406 Views
Lot of BS in there Isaac - 01/02/2010 11:33:08 PM 516 Views
I'm afraid I have to agree with this. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:46:02 PM 468 Views
Well, no. Robbery accounts for a very small percentage of those attacks. Look at the chart. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:50:39 PM 427 Views
I found the so-called Islamophobic reply... allow me to quote it in its entirety. Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:52:37 PM 446 Views
It's a valid complaint. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:49:08 AM 183 Views
Whose complaint is valid? Legolas - 02/02/2010 01:55:58 AM 416 Views
Yours. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:15:01 AM 179 Views
I did note the rampant bias. Ghavrel - 01/02/2010 11:48:55 PM 523 Views
What about attacks on Iraqi police volunteers? beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:53:58 PM 433 Views
it only included attacks on American soil *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:03:16 PM 189 Views
Most of the Iraq violence isn't against the foreign occupier... Legolas - 01/02/2010 11:54:44 PM 440 Views
Ahem... /\ /\ /\ beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:56:34 PM 473 Views
Dude, 46 seconds. I was typing it while you posted. *NM* Legolas - 02/02/2010 12:05:44 AM 168 Views
True, but I was referring to attacks on US soldiers. Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 01:47:55 AM 414 Views
That's still a bad benchmark Isaac - 02/02/2010 10:00:23 AM 505 Views
You would be very wrong random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:11:08 PM 468 Views
Um, since when is all Mid-East terrorism against foreign occupiers? Joel - 02/02/2010 12:33:13 AM 593 Views
I would agree with this. Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:33:47 AM 514 Views
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Joel - 02/02/2010 04:10:13 AM 540 Views
This is the only problem I have with "definitions" beckstcw - 02/02/2010 04:51:00 AM 420 Views
You're conflating two types of fighters who shouldn't be, I believe. Joel - 03/02/2010 06:16:21 AM 411 Views
I think you missed the point. beckstcw - 05/02/2010 05:15:40 AM 416 Views
One of us did. Joel - 05/02/2010 08:26:07 AM 590 Views
I'm not talking ETHICALLY or MORALLY beckstcw - 14/02/2010 06:41:32 PM 424 Views
I was, or at least speaking legally. Joel - 15/02/2010 06:54:50 AM 485 Views
Churchill's justification of bombings cited civilians as the targets, IIRC Cannoli - 03/02/2010 12:46:16 AM 608 Views
I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 03/02/2010 04:23:44 AM 555 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Cannoli - 05/02/2010 02:22:10 AM 759 Views
Re: I did say, "deliberately, " and for a reason. Joel - 15/02/2010 09:46:48 AM 569 Views
Lame. beckstcw - 01/02/2010 11:55:50 PM 405 Views
Demographics are the key, methinks. Joel - 02/02/2010 12:20:46 AM 531 Views
WTF? Are these people serious? Tom - 02/02/2010 02:19:05 AM 459 Views
Ah, good. I've driven you out of lurking. Now recommend me operas. *NM* Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 02:41:30 AM 172 Views
Huh? *NM* Tom - 02/02/2010 02:03:24 PM 180 Views
I made a survey on musicals and operas on the board! Ghavrel - 02/02/2010 05:15:45 PM 390 Views
I agree with tom Roland00 - 02/02/2010 02:54:53 AM 429 Views
So what? Cannoli - 02/02/2010 02:23:42 AM 478 Views
Waco were terrorist? Do they just make this crap up? *NM* random thoughts - 02/02/2010 02:00:40 PM 362 Views
So I presume the article meant to highlight that Muslim American citizens aren't all that violent? Larry - 03/02/2010 04:17:06 AM 509 Views
I'd assume so. It's not very well written, though. *NM* Ghavrel - 03/02/2010 06:35:37 AM 287 Views
How many other attacks killed almost 3,000 people of over 90 different nations? Griffen - 03/02/2010 06:26:23 AM 494 Views
leftist dhimmi allies... rofl BlackAdder - 04/02/2010 04:56:48 AM 416 Views
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