But things like this are why I feel jd needs to drop the posturing--it helps no one, least of all us.

~shrug~ I wasn't the one hell-bent on picking up the gun, actually.

I understand his frustration, but I can't help but think that far too often he gets away with this stuff because it amuses the mods.

...or, that it's a legitimate political interest to be able to discuss some of the darker necessities of nation-building.

But terrorist threats...

...were not present. That would require voiding the geneva conventions and targeting civilians.

The words you are looking for, if the poster lives in the US, happen to be "treason," at best. That, incidentally, has very specific definitions and requires a deployment of troops by current precedent.

Do look up words before you use them.

...even if they are meant symbolically, are no laughing matter in the current atmosphere. At least slap up a disclaimer.

Okay - symbolic my ass.

'n it wasn't my call.