Google| Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of |
| From | TradeSurplus |
| Date | 2002-04-17 20:40 (2002-04-17 20:40) |
| Message-ID | <xkjv8.13065$tz4.3828694077@newssvr10.news.prodigy.com> |
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| Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
| Follows | David Flood |
| Followups | paulh (29m) > TradeSurplus |
David Flood wrote ...
David FloodThat seems to be the most common definition.
Terrorism... is what the other guy does.
The pocket OED (not the best source but the only one I have) is not very useful here. It defines terrorism as: "practice of using violent and intimidating methods, esp. to achieve political ends", which covers just about every military action ever.
I've never heard paulh's definition though. I'm curious to know where you got it.
Another plausible definition (OK I just invented it, but that's what most people seem to be doing) is that a terrorist act is one that uses covert operations to attack an enemy, where the primary goal is to make the enemy come to terms through fear of repeat attacks rather than through destruction of its ability to fight.
There are a few caveats and clarifications that could be put around that but I wanted to get a one sentence definition.
Trade.
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