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pecuniumWhat is terrorism?
According to some it is those who oppose things like the No Child LEft Behind Act (that would be the Gov't official who called the National Education Association terrorists)
According to some it is not the people who ousted Aristide (he was chided for calling them that, the CCN interviewer told him they were political opponents. Now, I might be kind and call them rebels, or, if I agreed with them, revolutionaries, but I can see where Aristide can be allowed to call them terrorists).
But when it comes to sending mail bombs to the Office of Diversity and Dialogue, in Scottsdale Arizona, well it apparently doesn't merit much comment at all.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0227explosion27.html
If the article is to be believed there is no reason for this, it just happened to be in that office.
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City officials were unaware of any grievances, threats or orders of protection against Logan or others in the Office of Diversity and Dialogue. They say they have no reason to believe race or Logan's position provided a motive for the bombing."
It was just one of those things.
Never mind that mail bombs are actually pretty rare. Never mind that they are almost always related to some grievance, or political motive. Nope, never mind that.
Just go back to to calling people who commit real crimes, like opposing administration plans for, "tort reform, Terrorists: BOSTON (Reuters) - The chairman of American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer by market value, on Tuesday called lawyers opposed to tort reform "terrorists" and said class-action lawsuits are a "blight" on the United States."
Because those people are a threat.
TK
According to some it is those who oppose things like the No Child LEft Behind Act (that would be the Gov't official who called the National Education Association terrorists)
According to some it is not the people who ousted Aristide (he was chided for calling them that, the CCN interviewer told him they were political opponents. Now, I might be kind and call them rebels, or, if I agreed with them, revolutionaries, but I can see where Aristide can be allowed to call them terrorists).
But when it comes to sending mail bombs to the Office of Diversity and Dialogue, in Scottsdale Arizona, well it apparently doesn't merit much comment at all.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0227explosion27.html
If the article is to be believed there is no reason for this, it just happened to be in that office.
"
City officials were unaware of any grievances, threats or orders of protection against Logan or others in the Office of Diversity and Dialogue. They say they have no reason to believe race or Logan's position provided a motive for the bombing."
It was just one of those things.
Never mind that mail bombs are actually pretty rare. Never mind that they are almost always related to some grievance, or political motive. Nope, never mind that.
Just go back to to calling people who commit real crimes, like opposing administration plans for, "tort reform, Terrorists: BOSTON (Reuters) - The chairman of American International Group Inc., the world's largest insurer by market value, on Tuesday called lawyers opposed to tort reform "terrorists" and said class-action lawsuits are a "blight" on the United States."
Because those people are a threat.
TK
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Date: 2004-03-10 02:37 pm (UTC)I think it might also be worth noting that extremists who bomb abortion clinics aren't called "terrorists" either.
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Date: 2004-03-11 06:47 pm (UTC)I ought to be more cynical than I am, but the amazingly bland focus of the, "War on Terrorism," on not much more than a handful of Arab/Muslim groups, when we have a significant (which is different from large) number of such people acting in the U.S., from the U.S., and because they are citizens of the U.S. (what was the name of the clinic bomber who was hiding out in the Carolinas for two-plus years? How long before he was classed a domestic terrorist?), is still a tad shocking, and more than a trifle disappointing.
And a lot worrisome.