In a message dated 10/25/07 8:54:34 AM,
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com writes:
> Re your comment below:
>
> "Terrorists don't see them as innocent. Guilt
by
> association. No innocents, other than the
terrorists
> themselves, die in terrorist attacks."
>
> I said this was an existential bone I didn't
really
> want to pick, but, since YOU insist:
>
> I don't claim to be able to see into the mind
of
> terrorists, but, from a strictly tactical point
of
> view, the whole point of a genuine act of
terrorism
> seems obviously to be predicated on the premise
that
> the victims are innocents who have nothing really
to
> do with the issue at hand.
>
> Hence, the strategy is to move a government or
an
> institution to make concessions based, not on
whether
> or not they're actually taking any hits
themselves,
> but on their concern for the lives of the
innocents.
>
sounds like the nazis' air war on Britain
here's another distinction: those we consider "terrorists",
the current practitioners of the craft who are motivated by
muslim extremism, don't think of themselves as terrorists,
but rather holy warriors. they aren't trying to motivate an
enemy government, (at least the actual suicide bombers
aren't, their leaders may be more nefarious) they are doing
their bit to rid the world of heathens and collect their
reward in paradise for doing so
heck Jim, to me that sounds like if they mutter their
language in colloquial fashion to each other, that makes them
hardboiled
John Lau
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