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SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
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Date2002-04-18 18:29 (2002-04-18 18:29)
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On 18 Apr 2002 04:03:27 GMT, mcresq@aol.com (Russ) wrote:

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In article <en9sbuol2allce1ib2q1ehf372daq9rms1@4ax.com>, paulh <paulh@fahncahn.com>writes:

paulh
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.

Russ
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>

No... you've misunderstood (again, altho I didnt make it as clear as possible) they can have different arms tho.. as in Sinn Fein and the IRA.

BTW, is *any* car bombing terrorism?

Pretty much so.. subject to my previous explanations.

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?

Yes

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?

Yes...unless its a plane owned by a recognised goverment and there is a official state of war of some kind.

At 2 a.m. with no one around?

see above

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

no

Keep the questions coming....

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

According to you its mathematics. Wheres YOUR proof (since you've failed to answer it a number of times) that if only X percent of people blown up with carbombs are civilians then you're a freedom fighter but if its X+1% then you're a terrorist.

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