The point...or at least MY point...all along has been any particular act of terrorism renders your cause null in that situation. That applies to all these examples that people are coming up with.
If an American revolutionary used terrorist tactics to attempt to persuade a Loyalist...they were wrong. Pure and simple. Their ends (an American state) did not justify their means (kidnap, torture, etc). If Hezbollah kidnaps Israeli soldiers from Israeli land, and attempts to use them as a means to an end...they are wrong, no matter how Gel tries to rationalize it. On 8/17/06, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> On 8/17/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > >> > Well then I guess America is 'null and void' because we used terror > to > >> > start this country (and that totally ignores Indian massacres, Small > >> > Pox blankets, etc). > > > >I don't think "we" used terror to start the country (assuming you are > >talking about the Revolutionary War). Gueriila tactics, yes. Armed > >insurrection, tes. Terrorism, not that much. There was some > >threatening of civilians done by both sides, but not violence against > >civilians or those with voting power to change the political landscape > >or just to scare people. French and Indian War, though, is a different > >story. > > You definately have not read your history of the time period. During the > Revolutionary War, the continentals (the pro independence groups) engaged in > ethnic cleansing of many indian tribes all along what is now the states that > border Canada. Or similar incidents during the War of 1812. You may also > want to read about the Trail of Tears during Jackson's presidency. > > As for voting power to change the political landscape, look what happened > to the Loyalists in Georgia, Virginia and Pennsylvania (to name 3 of the > original colonies) - those in favour of remaining with the crown, unless > they fled, were tortured and killed. Their property was confiscated and many > were confined to what we now would call concentration camps. > > > > >As for the Indian massacres and small pox blankets, that was clearly > >not terrorism (as they did not want the populace to know it was > >happening, and would have preferred no survivors). That was simply > >genocide on a grand scale. > > The thing with the small pox blankets was started by the Quebecois during > their war with the Iroquois. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:213441 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
