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Use of the word terrorist

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  • #92
    Predator_
    Closed Accounts Posts: 578 ✭✭✭Predator_


    The English are the real terrorists. The IRA, Hamas, Al Queda etc are freedom fighters.


  • #93
    Seanchai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,401 ✭✭✭Seanchai


    Denerick wrote: »
    A terrorist is someone who deliberately targets civilians in order to pursue a political agenda. In this sense the Syrian government, the IRA, ETA, Al Qaeda etc. etc. are terrorist organisations.

    What a very unsatisfactory definition of a "terrorist". When did the IRA "deliberately target civilians", assuming by civilians you mean non-participants in the conflict? Be careful now. They've certainly targeted economic infrastructure and civilians have suffered, but that's not the same as them "targeting civilians". If to you it is, then the British have similarly "targeted civilians" in their attacks on targets in civilian areas in Iraq and Afghanistan.


  • #94
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,190 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Seanchai wrote: »
    What a very unsatisfactory definition of a "terrorist". When did the IRA "deliberately target civilians", assuming by civilians you mean non-participants in the conflict? Be careful now. They've certainly targeted economic infrastructure and civilians have suffered, but that's not the same as them "targeting civilians". If to you it is, then the British have similarly "targeted civilians" in their attacks on targets in civilian areas in Iraq and Afghanistan.

    I am curious. What is the military function of Canary Wharf or Manchester city center which removes them from the ' civilian' classification, and what would be the associated economic infrastructure facilities targeted by Coalition forces in Afghanistan or Iraq with no military purpose?

    NTM


  • #95
    A Dub in Glasgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,503 ✭✭✭✭A Dub in Glasgo


    Is an attack that kills a specific military target and 20 surrounding civilians a terrorist action?


  • #96
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,962 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    Is an attack that kills a specific military target and 20 surrounding civilians a terrorist action?

    if a non state actor does it, yes.

    If a state does it, it's collateral damage. this is how Obama enthusiasts justify the many civilian dead in drone attacks.


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  • #97
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,190 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »
    Is an attack that kills a specific military target and 20 surrounding civilians a terrorist action?

    I wouldn't have thought so.

    You might be able to make an argument about unlawful excessiveness, but as long as the objective was military, I don't see how 'terrorism' could be applied.

    NTM


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