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Originally Posted by ratbastid
No, I told you, I reject the whole enterprise on the grounds that it's absurdly simplistic. There IS no one word that defines such a broad range of motivations and agendas. If you're looking for me to label them "terrorists", then I'll say this: they used terrorism as their technique for attempting to achive their various political ends.
The current political climate, in which it's American And Her Allies, versus The Terrorists is ridiculously simple-minded, and I won't buy into it.
I counter with this: are you willing to edit your OP to include the Boston Tea Party?
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I'm not sure I agee with your characterization of the above events as representing a "broad range of motivations and agendas", I actually think it's a quite narrow range/agenda, but thats probably for another thread...as is the issue of the Boston Tea Party, the JayHawkers, the War on Terror (ridiculous phrase), Saddam Hussein and other side issues. I started this thread simply to see how people identify those responsible for the specific events of the 21st century.
To repeat: I'm not "looking" for you or anyone to use the label of terrorist if you do not feel that they are such.