04-30-2008, 07:35 AM
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Political Mastermind
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Stuck in the Middle of Looney Lefties and Radical Righties, USA
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Originally Posted by wibblyesq
Terrorism is just a word.
For the US soldiers in vietnam, the kids with bombs were terrorists, for the vietnamese, they were freedom fighters. To the british, the american revolutionaries were terrorists (they didn't fight fair, never face to face), to the americans they were freedom fighters. To the russian army, the muhajadeen were terrorists, to americans they were freedom fighters.
Do you see where I'm going with this?
Terrorism is just a word, and words have different meanings in different contexts.
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It's not about fighting fair, it is about perpetrating violent acts against civilians in order to achieve political or ideological objectives by instilling fear into the general population.
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