# If you don't... , the terrorists have already won. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 2, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507 "2001-12-02T22:16:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/1 "2001-12-02T22:16:41Z")
I’m getting really tired of this shiat. I’m gonna start my own… To the American people: If you don’t send me $500 in unmarked twenties, the terrorists have already won. :rolleyes: If you don’t take Regis PhilBANE off the air, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![pati12812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@pati12812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pati12812)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/2 "2001-12-02T22:35:25Z")
To the American people: If you don’t send me $500 in unmarked twenties, the terrorists have already won. :rolleyes: \*\* [/QUOTE] DAMNIT!!! WHERE’s MY TURBAN, & MY BOXCUTTER?!! ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/3 "2001-12-02T22:38:40Z")
Baby, if you don’t sleep with me, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/4 "2001-12-02T22:46:19Z")
now _there’s_ a good line… WaaG ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/5 "2001-12-02T23:07:36Z")
If the terrorists don’t win, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/6 "2001-12-02T23:14:24Z")
I should try this. “Professor, if you don’t give me an ‘A’ on this test then _the terrorists have already won!_” ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/7 "2001-12-02T23:41:24Z")
No, but seriously these are getting out of hand! They’re always like _you suck because you’re not patriotic!_ Example: If you don’t make life sized effigies of Osama Bin Laden and burn them on the nightly news infront of an American flag waving in the background while an eagle flys by, the terrorists have already won. Or they’re just a cheap shot to boost the economy Example: If you don’t come down to Bob Smith Ford and buy a Excursion HOW (house on wheels) then the terrorists have already won. “Nuthin’ burns like an effigy” - Moe Syzlack ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2001, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/8 "2001-12-02T23:42:41Z")
and for the geeks out there: If you don’t Zig for great Honor, then All your base are belong to us. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/9 "2001-12-03T01:41:04Z")
I’m deeply disappointed in you, **broccoli!** When people post threads like this, the terrorists have already won. _I could swear I’ve seen a thread about this before, but I can’t find it for the life of me._ ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/10 "2001-12-03T01:43:20Z")
If you move to San Diego, the terrorists have already won. _chk chk_ ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/11 "2001-12-03T03:18:18Z")
Clearly, we need to turn this admittedly :rolleyes:-inspiring phenomenon into a Force for Good: [list=1] [li]If you forward Internet glurge without checking Snopes first, then _the terrorists have already won._[/li] [li]If you post threads in the wrong forum, then get all pissy when they get locked or moved, then _the terrorists have already won._[/li] [li]If you post copyrighted material, then _the terrorists have already won._[/li] [li]If you ask what the third word ending in “-gry” is, then _the terrorists have already won._[/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/12 "2001-12-03T04:51:57Z")
“If you don’t do _x_, the terrorists have already won” could be next year’s “_x_ makes the Baby Jesus cry”. Robin ---
**Author:** ![PigBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/97f17d/32.png) [@PigBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigBoy)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/13 "2001-12-03T06:15:45Z")
If you make the Baby Jesus cry, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![Palve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a698b9/32.png) [@Palve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palve)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/14 "2001-12-03T06:20:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PigBoy \* > \*\*If you make the Baby Jesus cry, the terrorists have already won. \*\* **Palve** kicks Baby Jesus. Ladies, if you don’t give me your telephone numbers, the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/15 "2001-12-03T07:18:32Z")
If a tree falls in the forest, and no one’s there to hear it fall, have the terrorists already won? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Mersavets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mersavets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mersavets)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/16 "2001-12-03T07:42:57Z")
If Osama plans on setting up in Korea, he will have Won already. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Shadow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@Dragon\_Shadow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Shadow)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/17 "2001-12-03T08:47:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlackKnight \* > \*\*“Professor, if you don’t give me an ‘A’ on this test then _the terrorists have already won!_” \*\* i’m going to try this one out! 😉 (if it fails i already have someone to blame anyway . . . -i’m joking) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Solomon7t](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Solomon7t](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Solomon7t)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/18 "2001-12-03T09:27:19Z")
If **SDMB** starts charging for admittance, then the terrorists have already won. If I dont hit 100posts in a couple days, then the terrorists have already won. If a fifty naked virgins dont run into my room and please me in ways man has never imagined within the next five minutes, then the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/19 "2001-12-03T13:40:53Z")
If you don’t return your Publisher’s Sweepstakes entry, _the terrorists have already won!_ ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/20 "2001-12-03T14:29:08Z")
If advertisers continue to use pop-up ads that come up beyond the limits of the screen, the terrorists have already won. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507.md?page=2)