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In article <167CBA3F2.MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com> MCMASTER@LSTC2VM.stortek.com (Jim McMaster) writes:

# 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.

# 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.

	You seem to have missed the point, irregardless of what you
believe about the Irgun (actually, anyone who tries to compare the
legitmate Irgun with the terrorist PLO as you have in your quandry is
either ignorant or lying), this one action (the bombing of the King
David hotel) cannot in any way be considered a "terrorist" attack by
any reasonable definition.
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David Makowsky
makowsky@enuxha.eas.asu.edu