Re: [atlarge-discuss] the root and the terror

[Holger Steiner <h.steiner@scharr.de>]

espresso@e-scape.net schrieb:
> 
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> "Terrorism" -- the commission of violent acts designed to terrify
> people -- is the same regardless of who is choosing to use it.
> We're living in an era where the word is used for one's "enemies"
> and we call it something else when it's used by our "friends" --
> "land reform", "pacification", "a just war", etc. -- but that just
> obscures the reality: some violent acts are committed to kill
> large numbers of people and/or destroy much property, while
> others are of smaller scope but intended to create panic over
> a larger area. The first type are usually committed by those
> who have money and heavy equipment and the power to call what
> they are doing a "legal" war. The second are usually committed
> by people who don't own a government or lots of resources and
> use carefully targetted violence to scare many more people
> than they can actually hurt.

I do think there is a difference between soldiers and terrorists.

Military targets and civilian targets are not the same, IMHO.
The Geneva Convention (and the like) is NOT useless.



greetings
Holger


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