Now now, selective quoting... you omitted the start of the same post, where my very first sentence read
Well, personally, no, I'd rather see all terrorist rot and die, ideally in pain and misery.
(and I've just noticed that I missed the 's' off terrorists. ahem). But that might just indicate to you how I don't support terrorists - no, not even UNITA, the Taliban, the ANC, the Contras, whoever. Not me.
Outside hyperbole I wouldn't class Washington as a terrorist - rebel or insurrectionist are fine, and IMHO freedom fighter really is extremely accurate there. Yet his tactics were quite terrible at the time, after all, and IIRC his troops were turned against civilians (turning out loyal farmers etc) as well as soldiers and loyal militia.
So I am pointing out how terming someone a terrorist is often used as a brand, a form of Godwin's Law if you will, it is not always such an appropriate word.
And in the same post, the example of Yitzhak Shamir, true terrorist, murderer and Nazi collaborator, and PM of Israel, demonstrates how it may be reasonable and necessary in politics to work with a former terrorist.
Would you disagree there? |
