Thread: What makes terrorists?

Like Mugabe?

Originally Posted by Texpat

Originally Posted by machangezi

So after almost two years do we have less terrorists?

Fewer. The word you're struggling for is fewer.

If you can count it, it's fewer.
For example: fewer terrorists.

If you can't count it, you use less.
For example less intelligence.

To sum: You might say less potassium perchlorate, but fewer kilograms of potassium perchlorate -- because you can't count potassium perchlorate but you can count the kilograms.

350 baht please.

Thanks for telling us that you're an English teacher.

A terrorist is somebody who uses fear (terror) to get their own way because they don't have the power of the media behind them.

^ Spot on Panda. I personally think American strategy of dealing with terrorists have proven wrong. It's about time they realise and change their ways.

Originally Posted by Norton

Originally Posted by Bugs

seems like what the US did in Dresden and Hiroshima worked out rather well in the long run (well at least for the US), and what the US is doing now has had rather limited results. Maybe there are some lessons the powers that be could learn from history?

UK was a big player in Dresden. The argument rages over weather Dresden or Hiroshima was justified but not my intention to take a stance here. What is interesting "things worked out rather well" for both Germany and Japan. I would argue far more so than the US. Maybe there are some lessons to be learned?

Causes

1. Religion: And as we read about everyday.
2. Alcohol abuse: Main cause of family distruption, household abuse and persoanl terrorism.
3. Drugs/ Narcotics: A form of terrorism when an addict breaks into a family home and bails up a family to steal money for his next hit.
4. Economic greed: We are all being terrorised by exploding oil prices and costs of living rises caused exclusively by greedy autocrats and capitalists.

1 and 4 in my opinion are the main terroists.