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Originally Posted by The_Jazz
If you want to discuss the Boston Tea Party, the IRA attacks on London, bombings of abortion clinics and gay bars, the World Church of the Creator attacks or the destruction of Indian mosques by Hindi extremists, I'll be more than happy to do so, but the way that the question is posed is an exercise in futility.
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I appreciate that. I put the question in stark terms because it's whats been going on in the world...it isn't talk, or speculation or 2nd hand heresay...these are real-world events that all occurred in a relatively short time span.
Furthermore, I realize there are those here who feel strongly against using the term terrorist, so maybe these same people would choose to use this "exercise" as a means of clarifying their viewpoint. I would call the above folks terrorists because I wouldn't know what else to call them. Maybe there is a better, more accurate word that society might choose to call these folks.
Also, I wonder what ordinary people around the world refer to these folks as, whether they are irish, french, japanese, arab, finnish, icelandic, venezuelan, austrian, laotian, south african etc.