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Re: Terrorists hate freedom
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Sun, 14 Mar 2004 11:57:27 GMT
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Just a drive by participant here in this particular thread, more's the pity as
it has been interesting and I wish I had more time....
In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
> Understand your enemy and you learn how to defeat him.
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> Terrorist violence cannot be defeated by stricter security (it can be reduced,
> it might get worse)
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> Terrorist violence can be defeated (over the long term) by removing or
> ameliorating the circumstances which create the support base
I agree with this but fear that in some cases (that of the radical fanatic who
is convinced that his god is telling him to kill nonbelievers) removing
circumstances means changing the religion itself, doesn't it? And in some cases
the driving force is just plain venality/insanity of the individual.
Fortunately most terrorism isn't driven by either of those, but what of those
cases? What should be done then?
> It is critical that we increase security, try to understand, and try to
> undermine the support structures.
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> Failure to do any one of these three things prevents success.
Agreed.
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| (...) It does. There are different kinds of religions. Changing a popular or materially well resourced religion is no small thing. But even Christianity got over this when essentially left to its own devices. Mind you, in the hundreds of years it (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Mmmmmm. Brevity being the soul of wit etc. 'namby-pamby PC touchy-feely' is a collection of adjectives I seldom encounter in relation to myself (I think if I was John I'd be offended ;-), and its not like the additional detail is helping very (...) (21 years ago, 14-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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