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[betamax]

So what is the difference between a man planting a bomb somewhere to indiscriminately kill people, and a man flying in a hi tech jet fighter somewhere in the stratosphere launching a hi tech missile to indiscriminately kill people?

Are they both Terrorists? Yes/No/Delete?

[Lester Burnham]

In manners, yes.

Though the latter has been given authorisation by some schmuck behind a desk... which really means nothing to me.

So yes.

[psydoll]

'One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter' I think someone posted recently.

ter·ror·ist ( P ) Pronunciation Key (trr-st)
n.
One that engages in acts or an act of terrorism

terrorism

adj : characteristic of someone who employs terrorism (especially as a political weapon); "terrorist activity" n : a radical who employs terror as a political weapon

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

After a fashion I guess they are both terrorists but not in the eyes of the dictionary.

[betamax]

nobody has the the authority to order the death of anyone do they.......they can write all the fucking legal papers they want and wear stupid uniforms all day, but they dont have the authority to say people should be killed

or if they do have that right....then we ALL do

[betamax]

Originally posted by psydoll:

The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.

but that definition sounds like exactly like what the USA and Britain just did (and are still doing), yes?

so even by the definition in the dictionary, we have to accept that by electing the government of the UK we are actively sponsoring international terrorism

Well it all comes down to this, "Equal Rights and Justice"
If you are rich enough, your wealth enables you to purchase the law, this fact is in denial of the existance of the rights of your fellow men,
But as you say, a people has to back its leaders, whether they are fully aware or not, its the people who want the high quality distillate in Iraq so that they can drive thier people carriers to work at 70mph to pay off that tick bill!
So if you dont have the dosh what do you do, how do you deal with the world???
Well you have to plot and scheme outside the law.
Then you become the target, the focus, the scapegoat, the terrorist!!!

[Frosty Jack]

These people sneaking around often with fake IDs and disguises, setting boobytraps, planting bombs, blowing up trains etc. to cause maximum disruption to services, sometimes getting children to do their work for them. Killing soldiers on or off duty by any means necessary without due regard to rules of engagement because they see them as an evil occupying force. Terrible people, the WWII French Resistance...

[betamax]

une tres bon point

[patrick boo]

Funny thing is, George Bush can't even pronounce 'terror'. Next time he makes a speech, you listen to him, he thinks it's a one syllable word - 'turrr'. Then again, he says 'nu-culer' as well... maybe he's a very clever man trying to justify his actions by speaking about them as if he were a seven year old. Unfortunately, the more rational part of me thinks that the free world is being run by a man with the intellectual powers of a seven year old.

[abi]

i agree there that george bush has the mentallity of a child. he cares more about his own self-importance than anything else and likes to think himself in control of the situtuation. tony blair is just as bad. if bush told him to jump he'd ask "how high?" can he not make up his own mind? specially when the majority of britain protested against the war on iraq. i dont think they have actually found proof of weapons of mass destruction so far so was the war that killed many innocent people not an act of terrorism in itself?
there is the side of "the terrorists" and the side of the people who fight the terrorists - both use violence. they are really just as bad as each other. two wrongs dont make a right.