RE: The terrorism meme

From: Lawrence DeBivort (debivort@umd5.umd.edu)
Date: Sun 17 Nov 2002 - 14:36:13 GMT

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    A pilot who bombs a city? His commander? His commander's commander? The fellow who loaded the bombs on the plane?

    -----Original Message----- From: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk [mailto:fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk]On Behalf Of Grant Callaghan

     r me it's as simple as this: anyone who uses terror as a weapon is a terrorist. A husband who beats his wife, a criminal who bombs the car of a rival, a drug dealer who cuts the ear off a client who won't pay, or a religious zealot who thinks he can change the faith of infidels by bombing them into submission. They are all terrorists. The word is a description of the means people use rather than the religion they belong to. If the government uses terror to achieve its ends they, too, are terrorists.

    Grant

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