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paulh
SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
Frompaulh
Date2002-04-19 07:28 (2002-04-19 07:28)
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On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 22:07:45 +0100, "David Flood" <NOSPAMmaoltuile@utvinternet.ie>wrote:

paulh
There seems to be this belief that because we have a word, Terrorist, that therefore we should also have a

David Flood
one

paulh
sentence easy definition of what it means that, when applied, easily

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seperates

paulh
all the Terrorist organisations from all the Revolutionary ones. I doubt

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that

paulh
there is such a definition. And therefore you have to make a decision

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yourself,

paulh
or on a communal basis as to what a Terrrorist organisation is. AFAIK

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Australia

paulh
defines the IRA as a Terrorist organisation and so do I.

David Flood
On that note - what did you (Australia) define Fretilin as, during all those long years of Indonesian occupation?

I'm not sure actually...although I find the whole Indonesian thing very complex and 'forced'. I've never quite figured out why 5000 disparate islands constitutes a country called Indonesia, but one half of one of them is a sovereign state. Theres' gonna be tears there in years to come I reckon...

paulh

David Flood (11h & 27m)