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To: Ilaine who wrote (100084)	6/4/2003 2:45:17 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

Someone once called it your "dying cockroach" routine. Brilliant. Derek

To: Ilaine who wrote (100084)	6/4/2003 9:57:31 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

Of course you're done with the conversation. This tirade certainly merits a response. Let me see where to begin. . . . .therefore the term is subjective, meaningless and politically motivated. Not an argument with me. I don't think the term "terrorist" is subjective nor do I think it meaningless, but I certainly think that it's often used in political contexts and tends to get defined by historical winners, that is who is one and who is not. I don't doubt you can find folk who disagree with this or that you can find instances that don't fit. That's fine. I also disproved your assertion that we never call our own misdeeds terrorism. On the same point, if I ever made such a sweeping statement, I should not have. The point I was trying to make is that the use of the term terrorist can be used to describe US actions as well as those of other countries/groups. I didn't say it describes all US actions nor that the US government has ever denied that Dresden was such. CB, it apparently means a great deal to you that the meaning of the term "terrorist" exists outside the context of its uses, political and otherwise. I'm not trying to disabuse you of that, simply stating that I don't agree. If you feel that somehow you must not only disagree but be correct, so be it. As for the last sentence, that was better left unsaid. It contributes nothing to the thread save ill temper.