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To: Lane3 who wrote (1870)	7/19/2005 6:14:36 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542024

The marchers I marched with didn't want attention and sympathy. They were carrying signs that made it very clear they wanted to coerce Bush into backing off on his invasion plans. They wanted to send a message that they thought he was evil, and that his plans were evil, and they wanted to coerce him, if possible, by a show of force (numbers being force), to change his tactics. I see terrorism as pretty similar. Terrorists have a desire for change; they want attention focused on their cause and they want to change hearts and minds- they want to persuade with violence. Sometimes it works. Dale mentioned Israel and N. Ireland- two places where terrorism as political protest has helped move things along. I can't imagine the minorities in those two countries would have had much in the way of concessions, but for the violent uprisings and campaigns of terror. I disagree with you that terror doesn't get people what they want. After all, there are a good percentage of folks who have already caved in to terrorists by claiming "9/11 changed everything." If terrorists can change everything (and many people including our president will tell you they have) I don't think you can argue they aren't very effective.