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TradeSurplus
SubjectRe: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother (of
FromTradeSurplus
Date2002-04-19 16:25 (2002-04-19 16:25)
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paulh wrote in message ...

paulh
"TradeSurplus" <tradesurplus@hotmail.com>wrote:

TradeSurplus
That's clearly ridiculous. There is no minimum number of casualties needed to classify something as an attack. It is even

possible

to have an attack in which there are no deaths whatsoever.

paulh
So what constitutes an Army attacking an area then?

Entering an area with force, against the wishes of the populace of that area, in order to subdue said populace.

TradeSurplus
Your snide insinuations aside, I never said anywhere that any action of

the

IRA was OK, or justified. I merely said that some IRA actions do not

count

as terrorist actions but rather as other non-terrorist unjust actions.

Some

of them don't even fit your ever-changing non-definition of terrorism.

paulh
Now you're just copying Russ.

TradeSurplus
Nothing wrong with that when he's right. You might have noticed btw that I apologised to Russ when I misrepresented his position. I've yet to see an apology from you for saying that I

support

IRA terrorism.

paulh
Fair enough, I don't know where I said it, but if I did, and you don't, I apologise unreseverdly.

I accept your apology in the spirit in which it was offered.

Trade.