Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Military Might

This is a smattering of a post, with a bit of information on a variety of topics.

A website containing the locations (known of course) of military bases, domestic and foreign.

http://themilitaryzone.com/military_bases.html
http://www.themilitaryzone.com/bases/guantanamo.html
http://www.nps.gov/history/nagpra/DOCUMENTS/BasesMilitaryMAP.htm

Interestingly, here is a website on the definitions of the word "terrorism".

http://www.raceandhistory.com/cgi-bin/forum/webbbs_config.pl/noframes/read/284
http://www.answers.com/topic/terrorism

From answers.com
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons."

Using terror to get what you want. Scare tactics. Terror-ism.

Of course, in this particular definition which differs from the official FBI definition is the use of implied violence, or the threat of violence. Threatening to use violence, according to the answers.com definition, is just as much an act of terrorism as actually performing the act.

"Unlawful" seems to be the key word here - which is why Gitmo is such a gray area. What law is the detainee camp required to follow?

http://lifeloom.com/III1Godwin.htm
An account of the Mardi Gras effect, with regards to the internet phenomenon of anonymity. Essentially a definition, and considers the phenomenon as "wearing a mask".

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