On Sat, 6 Apr 2002, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
> Nonsense. If you can't see any difference between terrorists and
> r�sistants you are either wilfully ignorant or confused.
>
> A terrorist strikes symbolic targets, preferably undefended ones. A
> r�sistant strikes at the occupying power.
>
> Of course it is possible for one and the same person to be both - it is
> behavior that defines the terrorist. So when an al-Quaida member takes
> on a US patrol, he may define himself as some kind of soldier in that
> encounter. It doesn't change the fact of his complicity in the murder of
> innocents, which makes him a terrorist as well.
And who might those symbols be for? The 'occupying power' per chance?
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