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SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
FromRuss
Date2002-04-18 06:03 (2002-04-18 06:03)
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In article <en9sbuol2allce1ib2q1ehf372daq9rms1@4ax.com>, paulh <paulh@fahncahn.com>writes:

paulh
On 17 Apr 2002 19:34:51 GMT, Tamim <hallaril@hotmail.com>wrote:

paulh <paulh@fahncahn.com>wrote:

Usually when wearing a uniform of some sort and belonging to some sort of recognised government. Sneaking around in civilian clothes kinda changes things....

That's unfair. You consider all guerilla warfare as terrorism? All revolutionaries as terrorists?

No....neither are all Terrorists, Revolutionaries... What IS the difference between the two? Tamil Tigers are Revolutionaries when they're engaged in armed warfare with the Sri Lankan Army but when they sneak into a city and let of a car-bomb then they're acting as Terrorists.

So a group can now be both at the same time? Or mission by mission?

I consider that distinction as absurd as you apparently find my analysis. <g>

BTW, is *any* car bombing terrorism? Clearly car bombing a crowded thoroughfare at noon is terrorism, but what about at 2 a.m. with no one around and a warning phoned in ahead of time? Is that terrorism? If instead of a car bomb, a plane drops a bomb on the very same target at noon when it is crowded; is that terrorism? At 2 a.m. with no one around?

What about a car bomb of an army barracks? Is that ok?

What defines terrorism? The target? The means? Both? Neither?

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