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		click170 on Dec 30, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nashville police chief shares message, responds to... To clarify further, I could call my landlord a terrorist because he'll come banging on my door if I don't pay him on time. That induces fear, yet I think we can all agree my landlord is not a terrorist for wanting to collect his rent. "Terrorism" is a laughably flexible term that could be used to fit just about anything given the right wording. If you have to resort to calling someone a terrorist in order to get me on your side, you've failed to state why I should agree with you without resorting to FUD.

vacri on Dec 30, 2014 [–]

You've really got to stretch the definition of 'political goal' to include 'collecting rent from a contract that you both agreed to'. :)

click170 on Dec 30, 2014 | [–]

Hm, that's a fair point.

Taxes are something that is, shall we say, less optional. I probably should have went with that analogy instead in hindsight. :)

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