# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/21 "2001-12-03T14:40:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* > \*\*If you don’t return your Publisher’s Sweepstakes entry, _the terrorists have already won!_ \*\* Dammit! I was thinking of this one. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/22 "2001-12-03T16:18:42Z")
If I’m not allowed to hit problem customers, then the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/23 "2001-12-03T16:46:18Z")
If I’m not allowed to smack anyone who uses the tagline “then the terrorists have already won” \*then the terrorists have already won. ---
**Author:** ![Kwyjibo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kwyjibo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kwyjibo)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/24 "2001-12-03T16:57:19Z")
If nude photo’s of our lady dopers are not sent to me, _then the terrorists have already won._ If you do not take me seriously on this request, _then the terrorists have already won._ [sub]If Trinity lets me live through the night for _making_ such a request, _then the terrorists have already won._[/sub] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Redhawke.the.bard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Redhawke.the.bard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redhawke.the.bard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/25 "2001-12-03T19:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by mrblue92 > If you don’t return your Publisher’s Sweepstakes entry, the terrorists have already won! If the terrorists receive their Publisher’s Sweepstakes entry, then the terrorists may have already won! ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/26 "2001-12-03T21:52:49Z")
If you don’t stop this bus _right now_ so I can get off and find someplace to take a HUGE CRAP, 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, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/27 "2001-12-03T22:59:55Z")
If you don’t have a room for the night in a nice comfy cave, the terrorists have all ready, one. (Call in advance of arrival, American Express NOT accepted, but will take goat’s milk in trade.) ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2001, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/28 "2001-12-03T23:17:51Z")
If you don’t talk to your kids about drugs, the terrorists will. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507/29 "2001-12-04T02:45:25Z")
If you don’t stay on the line while an operator redirects your call, _the terrorists will have already won_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-dont-the-terrorists-have-already-won/96507.md?page=1)