# Looks like we dodged a bullet (no debate here) **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [May 2, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087 "2010-05-02T23:50:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mo50](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@mo50](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mo50)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087/61 "2010-05-05T13:25:14Z")
All I know is if we’re depending on street vendors to save us we’re all in pretty deep sh\*t. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2010, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087/62 "2010-05-05T13:26:36Z")
> [@Rune](#): > > Glenn Beck viewer. heh that’s funny. Kinda like Hollywood films having German terrorists for fear of upsetting certain other more likely groups. Anyway, given that the terrorist had obtained US citizenship and your ongoing war against terrorism, could he / should he be charged with treason? Possibly, but even John Lindh (sp?), aka the American Taliban, wasn’t charged with treason. That’s a pretty tough charge to make stick, so probably lesser charges. ---
**Author:** ![Marmite\_Lover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Marmite\_Lover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marmite_Lover)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087/63 "2010-05-08T12:26:59Z")
If he had been found to be a white male Christian who was just pissed because he lost his job. Would they stop calling him a terrorist in the US media? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087/64 "2010-05-08T14:12:07Z")
> [@Marmite\_Lover](#): > > If he had been found to be a white male Christian who was just pissed because he lost his job. > Would they stop calling him a terrorist in the US media? Depends on his motive. If his motive was to create fear of future attacks in order to further some political cause, then yes. If his motives was to kill a particular person or persons, no. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looks-like-we-dodged-a-bullet-no-debate-here/538087.md?page=3)