On 2/19/10, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Scott Loveless > > > On 2/19/10, P N Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 19, 2010, at 10:12 AM, William Robb wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Sessoms" Subject: Re: > plane crash > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From my point of view, if you're sneaking around, targeting > civilians - > > > > > > > > > > > > > soft targets for effect, for the purpose of influencing public > opinion, > > > > influencing government policy or just for a symbolic protest - you are > a > > > > terrorist. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If there was any "justice" in your cause, your choice of means > nullified > > > > > > > > > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That pretty much makes your own country born by terrorism. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Utter nonsense. American revolutionary forces were organized armies > that > > > > took direct action against British troops. Undoubtedly, both sides > acted > > > > against civilian populations to some extent, but the American > Revolution was > > > > as much a war as any other of the time. > > > > > > > I assumed he was blithering about the Indian Wars. As if those of > > here today had any say in it. > > > > Or that Canada had any less culpability for their treatment of indigenous > peoples prior to the 21st century.
Well, in defense of past Canadians, while not innocent, they weren't nearly as brutal as past Americans. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
