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Article #72986Re: A/UX comments wanted
From: mathew
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 15:12
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1991 15:12
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cc@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Chris Cooke) writes: > Hmm - it seems that North Americans use the word "terrorist" in a totally > different way to the way it's used here in the UK. Here, it generally > means "violent political murderer with no conscience". Not according to the Oxford English Dictionary it doesn't. My Concise OED says: terrorist n. One who favours or uses terror-inspiring methods of governing or of coercing government or community [...] terror n. 1. Extreme fear [...] It's true that the terrorists we hear about most often are the IRA, who fit your definition quite nicely. However, I don't think there's a real difference in the definition of the word between USA and UK. mathew -- Another would-be Mac owner put off by Apple's monopolistic practices.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,6535890f8096f45d X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-11-12 13:21:39 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!zeus.ieee.org!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!uknet!slxsys!ibmpcug!mantis!mathew From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (mathew) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: Re: A/UX comments wanted Keywords: a/ux,apple,macintosh Message-ID: <3e2aBB2w164w@mantis.co.uk> Date: 12 Nov 91 15:12:13 GMT References: <21446@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk> Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK. Lines: 22