tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024438.post4575748138428030477..comments2023-10-23T21:13:07.775+06:00Comments on Deane's Dimension: Inviting Al-QaedaDeanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11858835286985736348noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024438.post-81176593743535077632008-03-08T01:06:00.000+06:002008-03-08T01:06:00.000+06:00Exploit :use or manipulate to one's advantage.Aa f...Exploit :use or manipulate to one's advantage.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Aa few things i've come to realize,<BR/><BR/>Armed struggle almost always means terrorism, Che Guvera was a terrorist, Bagat singh, LTTE,PLO,Hamas,Karuna, Maoist in india, formely the JVP,EPDP.. everyone. the lingo change comes when you are sympathetic to the stated cause. The only exception is when it's used soley for direct self-defence.<BR/><BR/>Terrorism is a murders tactic, it can never be justified, just understood. <BR/><BR/>Whether something is inevitable depends on the conditions on the ground, it could have been avoided given the right circumstances, There was no 'tamil' version of Gandhi or Martin Luther King in the situation here for example.<BR/><BR/>LTTE has really outlived its usefulness, and it's very much part of the problem now.<BR/><BR/>I'll use perceived in the current Sri Lankan conflict, a lot of the 'grievances' of 'Tamil's are quite similar to those faced by people in say.. Monaragala. Most of it caused by centralized governance. Not to say there were no specific grievances, but nationalist propaganda is packaged and rarely objective.<BR/><BR/>Nationalism is freaking stupid and primitive.Deanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11858835286985736348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024438.post-82724619203673538342008-03-07T22:38:00.000+06:002008-03-07T22:38:00.000+06:00What do you mean 'expolit' machan? Whereas i agree...What do you mean 'expolit' machan? Whereas i agree that LTTE and Al Quaeda are <BR/>exploiting the situation i would argue that an armed response is something that happens as part of a natural course of events when peaceful resoultion of disputes is not possible (as to when the threshold for justification becomes satisfactory is a subjective issue). And terroism as a tool of armed resistance also becomes inevitable though i have a moral issue with it.. The Tamil armed reponse to Sinhala majoritarianism was inevitable and 'natural'. Castigating terrorist outfits shouldn mean that armed struggle is bad altogether. I wont use the word 'perceived' when i describe all types of reisitance movements..Aachcharyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10014981144377466804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19024438.post-72155951671837283302008-03-03T01:12:00.000+06:002008-03-03T01:12:00.000+06:00a very well balanced and logical dedcution. I part...a very well balanced and logical dedcution. I particularly endorse the fact that you have used the word "percieved" instead of phrasing it in such a way that may reflect the fact that all or most terrorist outfits represent a worthy/legitimate cause.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01155386158563740075noreply@blogger.com