So... Hezbollah aren't terrorists, because they represent a majority?
That's your distinction? The more people who aren't your targets, the less of a terrorist you are?
You *do* realise you've just eliminated Osama Bin Laden off the list of terrorists? And you've just exonerated the killers of Theo van Gogh, and the people who flew planes into the World Trade Center?
Furthermore, exonerate? I think I made it clear that being a terrorist is not intrinsically better or worse than doing the same act under other circumstances, including outright war. The idea that terrorism is intrinsically the worst of all possible sins is alien to me, though I sometimes get that vibe off some politicians and media.
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Date: 2007-05-23 05:28 pm (UTC)That's your distinction? The more people who aren't your targets, the less of a terrorist you are?
You *do* realise you've just eliminated Osama Bin Laden off the list of terrorists? And you've just exonerated the killers of Theo van Gogh, and the people who flew planes into the World Trade Center?
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Date: 2007-05-23 05:35 pm (UTC)I have no idea what logic may lead you to the rest of your statement, so I can't comment on that.
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Date: 2007-05-23 05:38 pm (UTC)