[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Where has civility gone?
- From: caggra@xxxxxxx
- To: PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx, cyndy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 11:19:30 -0400
Obviously I am just getting caught up on email this morning and wasn't here for
Saturday's discussion of this letter.?
Patty, are you saying that this letter could or could not be considered
"terrorism" based on the definitions you list below??
Jeff Pyle
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From: PAGAIRS@xxxxxxx
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Sent: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:47 am
Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Where has civility gone?
Okay lets see how I can mess this up...I have a new pair of glasses?
on...hope they work
SAD individual yes...terrorism? read the definition below
Shall we not forget the nasty politics of the last presidential?
election...when nasty information on a nominee was all over the list and on a?
website...
Patty Szymczak?
?
Terrorism in the modern sense_[1]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism#_note-0)? is? _violence_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence)? or? other
harmful acts committed (or threatened) against civilians for political or?
other
ideological goals._[2]_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism#_note-1)? Most
_definitions of? terrorism_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_terrorism)? include only those acts
which are intended to create fear or? "terror",
are perpetrated for an ideological goal (as opposed to a lone attack),? and
deliberately target or utterly disregard the safety of _non-combatants_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-combatants) . Many? definitions also include
only
acts of _unlawful_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful)? violence.
As a form of _unconventional? warfare_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconventional_warfare) , terrorism is sometimes
used when attempting to force
political? change by convincing a government or population to agree to demands
to
avoid? future harm or fear of harm, destabilizing an existing government,
motivating a? disgruntled _population_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residents)?
to
join an _uprising_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebellion) ,? escalating a
conflict in the hopes of disrupting the _status quo_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo) , expressing a? grievance, or drawing
attention to a cause.
Terrorism has been used by a broad array of political organizations in?
furthering their objectives; both right-wing and left-wing political parties,
_nationalistic_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nationalism) , and religious?
groups,
revolutionaries and ruling governments._[3]_
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism#_note-britannica)? The? presence of
non-state actors in widespread
armed conflict has created? controversy regarding the application of the _laws
of
war_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_war)
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