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galen  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Harold and Kumar join the Jihad

So basically Hamas et al. are slightly more violent gangs?





kleinbl00  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not at all. There's a difference between "how they recruit" and "what they do". Neither touch on "why they do it."

galen  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Fair. But in terms of recruiting, is it a reasonable comparison?

kleinbl00  ·  3739 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't think you can say "gangs" and see unity. The Crips are not the Zetas are not Murder Inc. I mean, right now the Mexican cartels are the kings of meth. Back in the '90s it was Tom Arnold's sister.

I'm no expert on gangs, nor am I on Hamas. But I've read more books about Hamas than I have about gangs.