At 12:10 PM 9/17/01 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
>> It is possible for ex-terrorists to become legitimate leaders. Mandela and
>> Gerry Adams are perhaps the two most prominent examples of this. In British
>> eyes, your first Congress contained quite a few terrorists.
>
>In fact, it was almost a requirement during the latter half of this
century that
>any African leader had to have spent time in the jail/gaol of the colonial
power
>that previously held his country. The vast majority of these were for
terrorist
>type actions aimed at getting ridding of the said colonials.
Again insurgency =/ terrorism.
I can't repeat this enough.
Also, sabotage =/ terrorism.
War =/ terrorism.
Rebellion =/ terrorism.
Resistance of authority =/ terrorism.
But at this point, we have gotten far too off the original topic. In my
last message, I provided a generally accepted definition of terrorism.
I also said that I wouldn't get into this debate, so I will leave the above
as is - and get out of this debate.
JDG
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