why then were so few military people killed? incompitance? good intentions do not get you off the hook. They WERE trying to kill the British governors, military, and police, weren't they?
limiting civilian deaths is a good thing. attacking military targets is the right thing when fighting. But, I will ask again. Does the actions of 9/11 when attacking the pentagon qualify as militant action, then? What about McVey attacking a mixed use building, which also was housing his "enemy", the us government and its tax machine. what about the IRA killing policemen by blowing up a bar? What about the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beruit? What about Palestinians blowing up a busstop full of military people? Because if you insist that what Irgin did was all "by the rules", you have to use the same language to describe anyone else using the same or similar tactics. (Which I personally am not willing to do. When those things are done, I call it terrorism. Regardless of who does it) On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:40 PM, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > It's an argument of definition. Did they kill people? Yes. Were they > responsible for it? Yes (though not alone). Would I have done it? No. But > the point is the same, the label of terrorist is the wrong one. Militant is > the right one. I'm not using freedom fighter as that is not a word with a > solid, distinct definition (its a phrase actually). I'm not calling them > soldiers as that also has a solid, distinct definition. I'm ONLY arguing > with the label used, not their actions. > > And they only destroyed PART of the hotel. > > Oh, and back to Ayers, did he call ahead? Was (is) he repentant? > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:272565 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
