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In article <1992Apr14.175801.18171@ennews.eas.asu.edu>
makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
 
>In article <JIME.92Apr14103413@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
>
># In article <1992Apr14.050948.24611@ennews.eas.asu.edu> makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (David Makowsky) writes:
>
># >   In article <JIME.92Apr13011518@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu> jime@bullwinkle.atc.ll.mit.edu (Jim Eggert x6127 g41) writes:
>
># >   # I guess your definition of terrorist act is different from most
># >   # people's.  The bombing of the King David Hotel is considered one of
># >   # the top terrorist actions of the era.
>
># >	   Very few people, even among those who mistakenly called the Irgun
># >   and Stern gangs terrorists, label that bombing as terrorist.  You
># >   obviously do not know even the most elementary details of that
># >   incident.
>
># Au contraire, Pierre.  The King David Hotel bombing was clearly a
># terrorist action.  A military action wouldn't have been preceded by a
># telephone call telling the people to get out.  (In this case, some may
># find it curious that a military action would have been more brutal,
># but c'est la guerre.)
>
>	You are being an imbecile here.  Let us assume for the sake of
>argument that the King David hotel bombing was not a military action.
>That still does not make it a terrorist action.
>--
>
>David Makowsky
>makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu
 
The same old quandary.... If you disagree with the person's ends, he
is a "terrorist".  If you agree, he is a "freedom fighter".  This
applies equally to the Irgun as the PLO.
 
Jim McMaster