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Re: Sheikh Yassin
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:49:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
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Terrorism is a very hard thing to define. It’s all to easy to lump all
participants in a war as terrorists, which simply brushes aside any rational
discussion of the merits or lack thereof of any violent action.
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I don’t think terrorism is hard to define-- it’s just that people use the term
incorrectly or indiscriminately and therefore its definition is muddied.
Terrorism is the targeted killing of innocent civilians by a person or group
in order to forward an agenda. So by that definition, it is not possible to
“terrorize” another army, because they are not civilian. There is no terrorism
in war, unless one participant purposefully targets the other’s civilian
population. In former times, these lines were admittedly blurred because of
inadequate technology. In WWII, we dropped bombs “indiscriminately”, but the
intent was to take out factories and infastructure, not kill civilians (though
many were killed). One could argue that the result was the same if we sent in
an army who entered a city on foot and shot civilians, but I reject the
equivalence.
Bringing this idea back to the killing of Yassin-- the Hamas have now declared
they might
target Sharon My response is “bring it on”. Your targets should be military
ones. Target soldiers, not children. And after they try to kill Sharon (and
God willing, fail), I hope it finally galvanizes Israel to wage all out war on
Hamas and all of the other terrorist groups “representing” the Palestinians.
Because, ironically, Israel’s restraint has only perpetuated this conflict, much
in the same way our restraint in Viet Nam led to quagmire. There is no reason
why this struggle for statehood for the Palestinians should have taken this
long. What struggle is there? Just declare your state and go about your
business! Instead, Palestinian leaders disingenuously quibble about
trivialities such as minor border placements, when the reality is that they
want the Jews gone from the Middle East.
JOHN
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) This is just American popular historical fantasy of the sort the Japanese would be proud of. There was nothing indiscriminate about the targetting of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the intent was not taking out factories and infrastructure. (URL) (...) (20 years ago, 25-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| "Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:Hv2BF5.vt0@lugnet.com... (...) entity? (...) or (...) but if (...) to act (...) organization that (...) are yes, (...) entity, (...) used (...) metaphor. (...) 19th (...) is no (...) be (...) (...) (20 years ago, 24-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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