I've not resorted to ad hominems.

--- In [email protected], Cory Nott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I would base it largely upon whom they are attacking. If they are 
attacking civilians, then they are terrorists. If they are attacking 
US or Iraqi troops, then they are insurgents.
>    
>   One can actually be rational about this and not resort to ad 
hominems. This is a libertarian list, not a Republican or Democrat 
list where everything must be couched in partisan terms and the other 
side is always wrong.
>    
>   
> wgilbert02 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>           Then we should not refer to them as anything. I can see 
it now, the 
> evening new reports that "5 -------- were killed in Faluja while 
two -
> ---- were captured in a raid earlier." How should we identify them? 
> I suppose you like 'freedom fighters?' Ehh, thats a little more 
> politically correct. I understand that we must always be 
politically 
> correct. Never call an enemy an enemy. Hell, never call them 
> anything. This we must do to show how 'educated' and 'intelligent' 
> and 'sensitive' and 'understanding' we all are right?
> 
> --- In [email protected], "kiddleddee" <kiddleddee@> 
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "wgilbert02" <buckygilbert@> 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > It is different from vic's post, but my larger point was that 
> issues 
> > > such as gitmo aren't any different whatsoever. You can 
criticize 
> > this 
> > > government to death here, as I do very often, but the moment 
> anyone 
> > > mentions a single positive word about the U.S. or a single 
> negative 
> > > word about muslims, islamo-fascists, or terrorists, everyone is 
> up 
> > in 
> > > arms.
> > 
> __________________________________________________________
> > 
> > The term "muslims" is inclusive of all individuals who are 
> adherents 
> > to the religion of Islam. The term "islamo-fascists" has no 
meaning 
> > whatsoever. The term "terrorist" has meaning only in context -
 "One 
> > man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
> >
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
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