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Re: A question of remembrance...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 4 May 2001 21:10:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes:
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I appreciate your concern for my morals and my tax dollars. However... I
want to stay narrow and not specific to this issue.
What is a terrorist?
Divorce it from the context. I gave a definition already but admit that it
may need modification which is why I am asking you.
Is it appropriate to initiate the use of force as a means to achieve
political objectives?
Divorce it from the context. My answer is never. (this is the standard
libertarian stance)
++Lar
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) Oops, sorry if I left you hanging on that question, I thought it was rhetorical. I believe the dictionary would use the literal meaning as "one who instills terror in others." Perhaps a bit too general for an America that prefer's having (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Actually I really can't understand why there is a term like terrorist? We already have enough terms that define the actions of "terrorist" like murder, kidnapping, burglary, plunder, and so on. What is the difference if you killed someone for (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Your internal notion is your paradigm of world issues, including what you consider to be a terrorist. You have formed this paradigm through whatever media you've accepted as "the truth"...whether it is ABC, CNN, or newspapers, magazines or (...) (23 years ago, 4-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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