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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1952)	7/20/2005 12:39:21 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540956

<<protester attacks >> This sounds so bizarre, close to an oxymoron.

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (1952)	7/20/2005 12:59:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 540956

"Political protestors attacked" works for me, in certain contexts. I'd also want to make sure it was clear that the political protestors in question were using terror- I like more information, not less. One word is usually so...non-specific. One word labels are an easy way out, and of course they can make everything a shorthand, but I don't think that's a good thing. We are, of course, used to short labels. I happen to think it's been bad for nuanced thinking, and made most people utterly incapable of thinking outside the labels box. I think we've used "dissidents" as a shorthand for political protestors cum terrorists in certain situations.