From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
What evidence is there that there will be such an attack anywhere, be it the U.S or elsewhere? The world is oversaturated with fear-mongering as it is so there's no need for anyone to make it any worse. The number of people who are going to die because of criminal activities, traffic accidents or any kind of poisoning will unequivocally surpass the number of those that will die in a terrorist attack, both with respect to numbers and probabilities so there you go.
And you're posting on an American board. Why wouldn't he assume you're talking about America?
Actually: Gamespot is an international organization with several different URLS (i.e. UK) directly linking to this board.
Even if this was the case (which it isn't) that gamespot was purely driven at Americans. Being one of the most well known and prominent gaming websites around: it would be supremely arrogant and insulting to assume other nationalities are not prevalent.
And you're posting on an American board. Why wouldn't he assume you're talking about America?
Actually: Gamespot is an international organization with several different URLS (i.e. UK) directly linking to this board.
Even if this was the case (which it isn't) that gamespot was purely driven at Americans. Being one of the most well known and prominent gaming websites around: it would be supremely arrogant and insulting to assume other other nationalities are not prevalent.
I guess I just have a much deeper respect for human-beings than people such as yourself. This is what happens when you care.
While it has those links, it's an American company hosted in America. That makes it an American board.
No, you don't. You're just a troll. Not a very good one, either.
And you're posting on an American board. Why wouldn't he assume you're talking about America?
Actually: Gamespot is an international organization with several different URLS (i.e. UK) directly linking to this board.
Even if this was the case (which it isn't) that gamespot was purely driven at Americans. Being one of the most well known and prominent gaming websites around: it would be supremely arrogant and insulting to assume other other nationalities are not prevalent.
I guess I just have a much deeper respect for human-beings than people such as yourself. This is what happens when you care.
While it has those links, it's an American company hosted in America. That makes it an American board.
No, you don't. You're just a troll. Not a very good one, either.
My friend: attempting to poorly justify it coupled with petty personal attacks doesn't stop you being wrong.
And you're posting on an American board. Why wouldn't he assume you're talking about America?
Actually: Gamespot is an international organization with several different URLS (i.e. UK) directly linking to this board.
Even if this was the case (which it isn't) that gamespot was purely driven at Americans. Being one of the most well known and prominent gaming websites around: it would be supremely arrogant and insulting to assume other other nationalities are not prevalent.
I guess I just have a much deeper respect for human-beings than people such as yourself. This is what happens when you care.
While it has those links, it's an American company hosted in America. That makes it an American board.
No, you don't. You're just a troll. Not a very good one, either.
My friend: attempting to poorly justify it coupled with petty personal attacks doesn't stop you being wrong.
I don't need to justify anything to you. You aren't somebody who has any credible standing within this community. Thus your opinion is pretty much worthless.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
When was there a recent terrorist attack in Scotland? You mean the Glasgow lorry crash which police said was not a terrorist attack? Also, I doubt Christmas had anything to do with the terrorist attacks in Australia and Pakistan.
@airshocker said:
@uninspiredcup said:
@airshocker said:
@uninspiredcup:
And you're posting on an American board. Why wouldn't he assume you're talking about America?
Actually: Gamespot is an international organization with several different URLS (i.e. UK) directly linking to this board.
Even if this was the case (which it isn't) that gamespot was purely driven at Americans. Being one of the most well known and prominent gaming websites around: it would be supremely arrogant and insulting to assume other other nationalities are not prevalent.
I guess I just have a much deeper respect for human-beings than people such as yourself. This is what happens when you care.
While it has those links, it's an American company hosted in America. That makes it an American board.
No, you don't. You're just a troll. Not a very good one, either.
GameSpot has offices, staff, mods and users in Britain and other English-speaking countries, so it's not just an American site anymore, just as Sony is not just a Japanese company anymore.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
When was there a recent terrorist attack in Scotland? You mean the Glasgow lorry crash which police said was not a terrorist attack? Also, I doubt Christmas had anything to do with the terrorist attacks in Australia and Pakistan.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
When was there a recent terrorist attack in Scotland? You mean the Glasgow lorry crash which police said was not a terrorist attack? Also, I doubt Christmas had anything to do with the terrorist attacks in Australia and Pakistan.
That's not Christmas specific. As has already been mentioned, most people are at home on Christmas. It would make more sense to attack during large gatherings, like New Year. This isn't just specific to America either, but there are large gatherings in New Year across almost every major city in the world.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
When was there a recent terrorist attack in Scotland? You mean the Glasgow lorry crash which police said was not a terrorist attack? Also, I doubt Christmas had anything to do with the terrorist attacks in Australia and Pakistan.
That's not Christmas specific. As has already been mentioned, most people are at home on Christmas. It would make more sense to attack during large gatherings, like New Year. This isn't just specific to America either, but there are large gatherings in New Year across almost every major city in the world.
Eh, Terrorism isn't simply attempted to get as many people in one area as possible. Lee Rigby was one person: targeted for a specific reason. Likewise Malala Yousafzai was one person singled out. It can be symbolic. Perceived injustice. Like the simple act of burning poppies.
Which is specifically why Remembrance Day would be targeted: to inflame as many people as possible. Christmas and New Year for most people (suicides are very high in new year) represents peace and a new beginning.
From a casualty point of view, it wouldn't make a lot of sense. Most terrorist attacks are designed to cause the maximum amount of casualties and that wouldn't work too well when most families are going to be at home and not out in public places to be blown up. New Year's Eve would make more sense, especially in Times Square, which is why they have so much security there.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
My post can apply to almost any country. Mentioning Times Square specifically makes sense because NYC is one of the largest cities on the planet, which makes it a ripe target for terrorists. Also, since a lot of military campaigns that go against terrorists are usually American-led they are more likely to focus their efforts on the US. Don't assume it is self-importance, assume it is common sense.
I am in no way trying to belittle any terrorist attacks that happened in your home country or in Australia. I've also worked with both British and Australian soldiers in Iraq and felt they were outstanding servicemembers. As for Pakistan, not to sound offensive, but terrorist attacks are a lot more common there with terrorist groups calling that region home and infiltrating their government. I feel bad for them but when it happens so much you become numb to the news versus hearing about it happening in more developed countries.
While it has those links, it's an American company hosted in America. That makes it an American board.
No, you don't. You're just a troll. Not a very good one, either.
GameSpot has offices, staff, mods and users in Britain and other English-speaking countries, so it's not just an American site anymore, just as Sony is not just a Japanese company anymore.
And that doesn't change the fact that CBS is an American company. GameSpot is owned by CBS Interactive. That makes this an American site. I'm not sure why people are making this a big deal.
It would only take one non-American...? Not sure what you mean by that.
I don't show social graces to trolls.
I meant that it would only take one non-American user posting in these forums for it to be nice if people didn't assume that everything posted here is referring to the US. And that's what I meant with social graces, not specifically towards uninspired but to all non-Americans. It's nice for us to see that Americans aren't these self-absorbed people who seem to forget there are other people sharing the planet with them =)
It would only take one non-American...? Not sure what you mean by that.
I don't show social graces to trolls.
I meant that it would only take one non-American user posting in these forums for it to be nice if people didn't assume that everything posted here is referring to the US. And that's what I meant with social graces, not specifically towards uninspired but to all non-Americans. It's nice for us to see that Americans aren't these self-absorbed people who seem to forget there are other people sharing the planet with them =)
It's very easy to feel that way when websites become so prolifically anti-American. It's becoming extremely hard to see this place as the community for all it used to be.
@airshocker: That is true, the anti-America feeling is very present in these forums and that is unfortunate, but isn't that a good reason for Americans to show that they are not anti-everywhere-else?
Probably not in the United States. It's extremely difficult to succeed in a significant terrorist attack on American soil ever since September 11th. A small single person attack is more possible but that is little more than a typical murder.
@airshocker: That is true, the anti-America feeling is very present in these forums and that is unfortunate, but isn't that a good reason for Americans to show that they are not anti-everywhere-else?
Unfortunately I just don't believe this community, as it currently is, deserves that kind of turn the other cheek sort of attitude.
Unfortunately I just don't believe this community, as it currently is, deserves that kind of turn the other cheek sort of attitude.
I can't speak for anybody else, naturally, but on my part, while I dislike some things about the US (just like I dislike things from other countries) I am, in no way, an American hater, so I have no reason to believe I'd be the only one. There are still nice people in these forums, and they are not all American =)
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
He's from the US. Of course he'll refer to his neck of the woods. You weren't being specific either.
If you wanted a reference to the world in general, then say so.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
He's from the US. Of course he'll refer to his neck of the woods. You weren't being specific either.
If you wanted a reference to the world in general, then say so.
Not really a justification: I listed countries half way around the world. Major terrorism attacks have happens all over the world: shouldn't really need specified either.
For the sake of specification though: The world.
Thankfully: nothing happened and we are all safe. Having checked the news: it was mainly about a Tsunami.
Why did you assume automatically "America"? When I say "we"? In just the last couple of weeks both Australia and Pakistan have been attacked. Likewise: my own (tiny country) Scotland was attacked.
A cliche exists of America being self important: Oblivious to the rest of the world. This automated answer seems to feed into that.
He's from the US. Of course he'll refer to his neck of the woods. You weren't being specific either.
If you wanted a reference to the world in general, then say so.
Not really a justification: I listed countries half way around the world. Major terrorism attacks have happens all over the world: shouldn't really need specified either.
For the sake of specification though: The world.
Thankfully: nothing happened and we are all safe. Having checked the news: it was mainly about a Tsunami.
No. This is what you started out with. Then you jumped on his case.
I think we will probably have one. How about you?
Merry Christmas btw.
I don't see that much detail in your initial post.
Got to hand it to uninspired... His prediction actually turned out to be right, for once... The only difference is that the terrorists turned out to be Christians rather than Muslims.
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