I am very deeply offended that people keep peddling that line:
"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."

It is akin to saying,
"One man's murderer is another man's [fill in the blank]".

Sure, that man may be a [fill in the blank] to one or many other people,
but that doesn't mean he stops being a murderer, even when he is among
those who revere him.

The connotation of that statement is that from one perspective what that
person did is not only right, but that they should be revered for that act.

Get this one fact straight:

It is NEVER ok to deprive someone innocent of any crime against you from
their life.  While we could get into a bunch of hair splitting debates,
and you might even want to spin off onto a track suh as "America is
depriving our people of life by [fill in the blank]" but the stark
reality is that what oocured in New York, and Washington were acts of
cold blooded mass murder which no people, group or nation deserves

It took me awhile to figure out why exactly that statement bothered me
so much, but it is surprising that PIC designers, who should be well
schooled in logic, would pander such an illogical statement as that.
 One end of the sentence does not justify, nor have anything to do with,
the other end of the sentence.  I realize that the connotaion I get is
not the point you are trying to make (at least, I hope it isn't the
point), and I understand you do not personally condone this violence.  I
also understand that it is good to try to see from another's perspective
even when one doesn't agree with it.  But please don't perpetuate the
idea that if one person believes that a freedom fighter is doing the
right thing, that it is true.

-Adam

Quentin wrote:

>Joan Ilari wrote:
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>>Do not misinterpret my words. NOTHING can justify this. NOTHING AT ALL.
>>I myself live in a country (Spain) periodically hit by terrorism.
>>But something has gone wrong when in the streets of Palestine crowds of
>>people celebrate the killing of thousands of USA citizens.
>>
>>Let the victims rest in peace and God enlighten our leaders to behave
>>appropriately.
>>
>I agree, nothing can justify it, coming from a country and a city (Cape
>Town, SA) that has been hit by terrorism up to a year ago, and the
>threat is still there, although recently from a different group.
>As far as the Palestinian crowds are concerned, remember this one thing
>we have learned from our earlier troubles:
>
>One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.
>
>Quentin
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