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This is strange. (was: Re: What's a freedom fighter?)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 25 May 2004 22:22:57 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Pedro Silva wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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At least, that’s a possibility of some of these
‘insurgents’. Maybe they think of themselves a ‘freedom fighters’.
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I know, I know. I promised myself I’d try to stay away from .debate.
But this freedom fighter thing got me thinking. What’s a freedom
fighter? Who gets to decide? Were the IRA ever called freedom fighters?
How are they generally perceived in Canada and Europe? A force for good,
or a villianous gang?
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Congratulations!
You’ve just managed to sum up nearly all the wars: we’re right, the enemy is
wrong. We’re brave, the enemy is villanous. We’ll win, the enemy will lose.
We think all this, the enemy... does too. So why is it he’s the enemy,
again?
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So if it really is all that muddy then what drives certain people
http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/staff/arthur/
to post their opinion on it over and over and over and over and over,
driving me nuts. I mean, I look at his background there and I don’t see
anything that says “crazy person who posts propaganda to toy forums”.
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This is totally an aside, but that is a very strange academic page, because it
does not say where (from what institution) Scott got his PhD. Usually that is
something that is broadcast far and wide to the heavens above, even in British
universities. Scott, did you realize they didn’t include that information in
your profile?
all best
LFB
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| (...) So if it really is all that muddy then what drives certain people (URL) post their opinion on it over and over and over and over and over, driving me nuts. I mean, I look at his background there and I don't see anything that says "crazy person (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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