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Re: Bravo To These Authors
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Wed, 8 Sep 2004 12:57:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:

   Likewise, the Israelis have killed far more kids in the OT as part of their land grab. If that is not terrorism, what is?

As you wrote it, I don’t think the Israeli land grab is terrorism. Terrorism is a means not an end. The point is to instill fear so that some other thing (even if poorly defined) may happen. The Israelis may (like every other nation) use terrorist tactics to achieve their ends from time to time, but the number of deaths hasn’t anything to do with terrorism.

But I’m not sure if you were really asking.

Chris



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(...) I'm not sure I said the "number of deaths" specifically has anything to do with terrorism. The violence, theft and oppression does; the deaths on both sides are only a result of that. (...) My point was that we can't really pick and choose who (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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John, what Beslan/Chechnya shows is that combating Terrorism with Terrorism does not work. The same goes for Israel. Personally, I found the events in Beslan very disturbing. Even more so, if I'm honest, than the events of 911. However, we must (...) (20 years ago, 8-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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