10-11-2003 19:46									#1
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As they say "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

So, how do you define terrorism?

For me terrorism would be: the deliberate attempt succesful or unsuccessful to cause death and destruction among civilians for the purpose of creating fear and/or acheiving a political goal.

	10-11-2003 19:49									#2
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Terrorism; a convenient label to slap on your enemies in order to discredit and demonise them.

	10-11-2003 19:52									#3
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The institution that was formerly named School of America -- but I can't remember to what name they changed to.

	10-11-2003 19:58									#4
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Terrorism-an act of violence perpetuated by someone who is not me against someone who is me or against someone I don't particularly dislike.

	10-11-2003 19:59									#5
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brown people.

	10-11-2003 20:02									#6
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Pekka -- try harder to be funny.

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I'm sorry if that offended you. I just thought it would fit so good with the other answers.

	10-11-2003 20:05									#8
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quote: Originally posted by MrFun The institution that was formerly named School of America -- but I can't remember to what name they changed to.

Osama Bin Laden's One Stop Bomb Shop?

	10-11-2003 20:10									#9
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quote: Originally posted by The diplomat As they say "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter".

As in the game "Freedom Fighter": America was attacked by the Russians (And lost). The "Freedom fighters" attacked Russian soldiers, but was called Terrorists by Russia...


Though I'd define a terrorist as someone who goes after civilians, instead of going after those who caused the terrorist pain (Or whatever reason they're attacking)

	10-11-2003 20:11									#10
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ok a new try:

A group or organisation, whose main target is civilians to further their own political agenda against legal and recognized country/group.

	10-11-2003 20:13									#11
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I agree with diplomat: It's an attempt to achieve a political goal by way of attacking the civilian population.

	10-11-2003 20:32									#12
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I don't perceive terrorism to be necessarily aimed at civilians only. Flying a plane into the White House would qualify as an act of terror as well. So would shooting down the plane carrying the Sec. Gen of the UN. Or detonating a nuclear device at a naval base. Just to give some examples.

	10-11-2003 20:37									#13
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Back to the greek origins of the word terrorism means authority through the instilment of terror. and it really is that simple and broad.

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"terrorists are evil people and evil people can't stand free people and we are free people so even though we kill more civilians than them we are good free patriots who love freedom and spread democracy because they are evil people and evil bad are bad"

	10-11-2003 21:23									#15
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So governments cannot engage in terrorism? Ask the peoples who suffered at the hands of Stalin. I believe it was called the terror.

How about protestant thugs firebombing a house of a mixed Catholic/Protestant couple and killing three boys. Ah, yes, since that's the majority with a minimal attempt to enforce laws against their own thugs, those are paras, or paramilitaries. Or death squads.

How about governments who drop bombs on purely civilian targets? Like the US government during the coal field strikes of the 30's. Oh, that's different.

A few of you have attempted definitions that include those groups, like paiktis22 (hope you read my reply to your marraige thread, by the way I still haven't slept, now I'm really zoned). Some of you haven't. The majority routinely uses "terror" to impose it's will on inconvenient or irritating minorities, especially ones who want silly things like equal rights or to keep their own language. Then they respond with terror, funny thing. Violence begets violence. Osama actually belongs with the governmental groups, in that he wants to impose his will with terror. He just doesn't have a country again, yet.

	10-11-2003 22:52									#16
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quote: Originally posted by DaShi Osama Bin Laden's One Stop Bomb Shop?

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You know I'm talking about the terrorist school in Georgia, United States.

	10-11-2003 22:59									#17
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I agree, that the school might have had some suspicious 'classes' and subjects (like the ones that indicate torturing methods etc), but that's hardly terrorism?

The terrorism part, or death squads, and what ever those guys did afterwards was hardly the fault of that school? I think there could be some responsibility we can put on that school for sure, but to call it terrorism, plain and simple is making the word terrorism more mild IMO.

But granted, some of those people did horrible things afterwards, and I support this school to be closed and never reopened.