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		joshmanders on June 18, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A brief update Yeah, I had a nice chuckle when he made that comment and didn't realize that is exactly how firefighters contain fires such as forest fires.

TeMPOraL on June 18, 2016 [–]

You can stretch any analogy past its breaking point. The discussion was about household fires.

Random applications of overwhelming force too have situations in which they're appropriate. Fighting terrorism is not one of them.

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