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freedomdwarf1 -> RE: 12 dead in Paris (1/10/2015 7:18:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: MariaB
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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1
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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
You talk like all terrorism is islamic. it ain't.
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Quote all you like... but tell me where I said that.
I didn't.
What I did claim was that Islamics have single-handedly instilled more fear factor than anyone or anything else.
I have never said that all terrorism is Islamic - that's your words, not mine.
That is your perception based on how the media want you to feel. What is your definition of terrorism? would you consider Russia fighting the Ukraines a terrorist attack?. Do you consider the attacks from the west on various countries in the middle east terrorist attacks?
Firstly, it is what I feel - not what the media wants me to feel (I often disregard or refute media broadcasts, especially from the US).
My definition of terrorism is precisely what the word means - to instill or invoke terror in society.
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ORIGINAL: Snippets from Wiki -
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_terrorism
...the international community adopted a series of sectoral conventions that define and criminalize various types of terrorist activities. In addition, since 1994, the United Nations General Assembly has condemned terrorist acts using the following political description of terrorism: "Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstance unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or any other nature that may be invoked to justify them
The word "terrorism" was first recorded in English-language dictionaries in 1798 as meaning "systematic use of terror as a policy".
According to Dr Myra Williamson: "The meaning of “terrorism” has undergone a transformation. During the reign of terror a regime or system of terrorism was used as an instrument of governance, wielded by a recently established revolutionary state against the enemies of the people. Now the term “terrorism” is commonly used to describe terrorist acts committed by non-state or subnational entities against a state.
Ben Saul has noted that a "A combination of pragmatic and principled arguments supports the case for defining terrorism in international law", including the need to condemn violations to Human rights, to protect the state and deliberative politics, to differentiate public and private Violence, and to ensure International Peace and Security.
And to your question: "Do you consider the attacks from the west on various countries in the middle east terrorist attacks?" no, I don't.
Unnecessary at times, yes. But not a "terrorist" attack.
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