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Re: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:44:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> massive snip, point of information
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> > > So no, I don't believe it was "terrorism" as the term is generally
> > > defined. It caused terror, but it was an act of destruction in
> > > war, not terrorism against a society at peace. I'd also argue that
> > > Pearl Harbor wasn't a terrorist attack, nor was Port Arthur.
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> > Pearl Harbour: Definitely a military target, so not terrorism.
> > Port Arthur: No attempt to coerce anyone - just a massacre resulting from the
> > wrong person getting access to firearms & too much money. Certainly not
> > terrorism.
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> Uh, I think the wires are crossed. I'm talking about Port Arthur,
> 1904 (Japanese surprise attack on the Russian naval station). What
> did you think I was talking about? I'm curious.
Ross was referring to the murder of 35 people in Tasmania in 1996. There's a
comprehensive collection of links at http://www.geniac.net/portarthur/ .
--DaveL
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| (...) Yeh, he pointed that out. I'd forgotten that the town was named that--I just refer to it as the Tasmanian mass murder (which, of course, betrays my geographical US-centrism). best LFB (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I think you've defined, although in your opinion, that the bombings were terrorism. That's actually a pretty good analogy--the word "terrorism" has a semantic load, as does "definition." Is it a subjective or objective term? I'm not making a (...) (23 years ago, 18-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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