[lit-ideas] Re: Europe's September 11 ?
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 17:32:02 -0500
Yes, I, too, had this conversation with one near and dear. He opined
that Spain's vote could be seen as giving in to terrorism. But what
should poor Spain have done? Vote for a government that ignored their
'demonstrated' wishes so as to stand up to the terrorists?
What I don't have an answer for is this. The theory of terrorism says
that terrorists carry out their attacks to push their government into
overreaction in order to turn the populace against the government.
Perhaps Spain was an unexpectedly easy victory which bypassed the middle
turmoil.
Ursula
perpetually avoiding her marking in North Bay, Ontario
Steve Chilson wrote:
> It is heartening to see
>that in the face of terrorism, rather than stand at the side of
>governments willing to exploit the fear of others for their own political
>and economic gain, there is a country in the world who will take the
>matter of their own country in their own hands.
>
>I applaud Spain.
>
>And here is where you see the ideologues grinding themselves into the
>ashtray. The ones who see the Spaniard vote as cowardice. The same ones
>who two days before believed in their government that no longer exists.
>.........
>To whinge about it seems a little too gratuitous.
>
>
>
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