Do assassinating presidents mean anything nowadays?

[Taejin]

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[biggestmuff]

reported

 

[JJChicken]

Walks into this thread.




Walks out of this thread.

 

[Hacp]

All these movies and 24 talk about assassinating presidents, do they hold any practicality in real life?

They're just figure heads and VP will take over with same agenda. The military generals and cabinet members run the actual country anyway. The symbolic assault piss them off more than producing a real strategic value.

What do you think? Something I've always wanted to get off my chest.

I hope you enjoy getting raped in Gitmo.

 

[Cyco]

There was lots of threats against Bush and even a play about killing "a president", but dont cross the Obammunists!

Obammunists. I like that.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

P&N?

I would have taken a day off of work and celebrated if the president of the United States was assassinated between January 20, 2001 and January 20, 2009. And I am not even joking. I would have been sorry for the family but happy for the USA. So, to me anyways it would have meant something.

 

[Ika]

LBJ had JFK shot, as did Jefferson against Hamilton (via proxy of Burr). I'm sure there are others too.

silly, lebron james wasn't even alive in JFK's day.

 

[FelixDeCat]

P&N?

I would have taken a day off of work and celebrated if the president of the United States was assassinated between January 20, 2001 and January 20, 2009. And I am not even joking. I would have been sorry for the family but happy for the USA. So, to me anyways it would have meant something.

Your type of extremism that would wish upon and enjoy the death of another for whatever reason is why free speech is not even an issue when it comes to prosecuting those who make threats against a former or sitting president. Seriously, how messed up in the head do you have to be to say something like that?

 

[Bateluer]

I'm sure there's a psychological effect.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Your type of extremism that would wish upon and enjoy the death of another for whatever reason is why free speech is not even an issue when it comes to prosecuting those who make threats against a former or sitting president. Seriously, how messed up in the head do you have to be to say something like that?

So you wish that Hitler had been gifted with immortality?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

So you wish that Hitler had been gifted with immortality?

Your powers of logical deduction are astounding.

 

[arkcom]

Obama's got a great life insurance policy. His name's Biden.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Your powers of logical deduction are astounding.

Far more than you know.

It's designed to split him down one of two paths. Of course, I have little intention of following up, and nobody else will have the talent to pick up where I left off, so it was kinda pointless.

Ahhh... the things we do out of habit.

 

[JEDIYoda]

holy shit. whatever happened to "free speech"? if the guy had started plans for an assassination after posting that message, I could understand, but...

a threat is a threat and what is done after the threat has no merit...
To threaten the POTUS for whatever reason regardless of if you do not intend to carry out the threat. It is still a crime!

 

[ShawnD1]

Obama's got a great life insurance policy. His name's Biden.

Can't remember if it was Chappelle or Chris Rock who said it, but the first black president should have a mexican vice president as insurance. If the prez is killed, the mexican vice prez makes sure that border goes wide open

 

[HardcoreRobot]

your political opinions are useless

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?p=29765281

 

[BoomerD]

Not like it used to. Nowadays, the corporations who actually own the USA would just install a new temp worker into the office. (that's about all American Presidents are...corporate hired temps)