From: Adam Flinton 

Geo. wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:40d7e428$1{at}w3.nls.net...
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>
>>Bollox. War is really terrifying. It is more terrifying than terrorism.
>>Terrorism is a gentle subset of war. 1 bomb vs a heavy artillery barrage.
>
>
> You find war really terrifying because it involves more people, not because
> it's more terrifying.
>

Not true. Which would you find more scary in your town, a single bomb every
couple of months of so or 2 solid forces fighting for each & every
house including yours using all the modern weaponery short of WMD?

>
>>But they could proove that the US/UK had also not merely planned but had
>>engaged in acts of terrorism.
>
>
> I don't buy into that. There is a difference between countries that are
> identified and responsible, and masked terrorists. You mistake threatening
for
> terrorism, they are different. The sky can be threatening, but it's not
> terrorism you experience when you see a funnel cloud even though you may be
> terrified of it.
>


The aims & methods of political violence (& it's threat) are the
same whether enacted by a group or a state. Death, destruction & grief
will result unless you do as we say.

Adam

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