What's a "terrorist"?Blackstuff wrote:There's a big difference, as far as i'm concerned anyway, between having to deal with loathsome individuals in normal political arenas, and singing the praise of people your country is at war with at that time.
Please consider the following 3 scenarios, and rank them in order of the outrage and grief that you would feel, explaining why:
- Your daughter is blown to bits by a bomb planted by a "terrorist".
Your daughter is blown to bits by a bomb dropped by an RAF pilot.
Your daughter is blown to bits by a missile fired from a remote controlled drone operated by the RAF, or someone on "our side".
Another one for you.
Whilst not contemporaneous, at near-enough "the same time" in a historical context you could have read about the following:
- Terrorists in Aden.
Freedom fighters in Hungary.
The UK bombing civilians in Suez.
Discuss.