Would I be a terrorist  or a freedom fighter?
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Menachem Begin was defined a terorist when he faught the british, later to get the noble peace prize.
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What does a terrorist look like?\nAre we backing this terrorist's country at this time?\nWhat can I do as an individual to help stop terrorism?\nWhat is the definition of terrorism?\nCan the CIA, NSA, or the FBI win the war on terrorism
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Depends on who is running for office..I have noticed that Bush interchanges these words to fit the audience.\n A terrorist would be an outside agitator with no Country identity ,,whereas the insurgent is not unlike our own forefathers who fought the British.
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become a terrorist.  Fannie Mae is owned by the government, good luck with that lawsuit.....
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One man's insurgent is another man's freedom fighter.\n\nDon't forget what you American Revolutionaries were like when fighting the Brits.  \n\nAnd as noted above, if you were invaded, you wouldn't do whatever it takes?  I recall a very popular film in the early 80's called Red Dawn, seems to me the teen fighters in that movie took exception to being invaded too.\n\nNow don't get me wrong, I happen to think they are terrorists too, but your question did require a response as to why some might sympathize.
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terrorist comes from the word terror. when you think of terror, what do you think of? i doubt that it is a race that comes to your mind.
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Yes, I would if it meant bringing down an opressive government like the one in the film and I would get to wear one of those cool Guy Fawkes masks. I hate to admit this about myself but I am one of those people who would jump on the bandwagon. If no one supported the revolution, I would keep quiet and obey the government, but if enough people revolted I would join them.
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If I "had to be religious" then it would be a dictatorship.  I would start a guerilla war, not join yours or anyone else's cult.\n\n\n.
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Fighting for ones rights means terrorism everytime your rights are not convenient to the ones in power\n\n\nedit: and hannah honnee maybe you could die instead of killing, but wouldnt you kill for your country, your identity and specially for the ones you love? your children, your parents, your siblings, your people?  I would like to think i'd kill and be killed for them, not just their lives, but their dignity as human beings, their right to live without fear, without being raped and humilliated
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omg...you are a terrorist aren't you? This sounds like something a terrorist would say right before he blows some s.h.i.t UP.
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You must be prepared to follow higher up's orders, and this could inclulde killing or annihilating everything in your path be it men, women or children. Not that I would judge you only God knows what I'd do with a gun in my hands in wartime situation.  You must have a true cause I believe to do this and be a true warrior.
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Very good question.  As you know, there isn't any difference at all.  As a solider (freedom fighter) fighting for so-called democracy in Iraq, I kill an Iraqi insurgent.  In America (for the most part), I'm a hero, I'm right.  In Iraq (for the most part), I'm the devil, I'm the terrorist.  Yet, if you thought the destruction of the World trade Center was horrible, imagine living in the hell that is Iraq ever since U.S. Troops arrived.
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You are more likely to be a victim of crime than terrorism. This just shows you where their priorities lie. Scaremongering rather than solving.
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It is a question of methods.  You and some others suggest there is a moral equivalence between terrorists and freedom fighters; that it is a question of perspective.\n\nSuch views are mistaken.  Terrorists attack civilians.  They attack non-combatants.  They deliberately kill people who are simply going about their ordinary, everyday lives.  As the name implies, they do that to cause terror among such people.  Terrorists attack women and children in markets; they blow up people on busses, they bomb churches and mosques.  Terrorists are cowards, thugs and murderers.\n\nTrue freedom fighters, such as the French Resistance in WWII, attack the enemy army.  This is much more dangerous and requires much more courage than blowing up women and children in a market or on a bus.\n\nThe Boston Tea Party was more akin to civil disobedience than to either terrorism or freedom fighting.  They simply dumped some tea into the harbor to make the point that they didn't want to pay taxes on it.  It was a way of saying we would rather not have the tea than pay unfair taxes on it.\n\nGandhi's entire Resistance movement was based on civil disobedience; he did not fight at all.  When the British outlawed making salt, he went down to the sea and made salt.  He did not bomb a church.  He did not blow up a market.\n\nWhen the US colonies decided to rebel against England, they formed a government and an army with officers and uniforms and flags.  They fought in the open against the British troops who were trying to suppress the rebellion.  That makes George Washington a soldier, neither a terrorist, not a freedom fighter.\n\nThere are a great many people in history and today who resist tyranny with dignity, courage and honor.  There are many who seek to impose their will by murder, terror and intimidation.  To attempt to equate the two with some relativistic mumbo-jumbo dishonors the lives of those who fight with dignity, courage and honor and reveals your own incapacity to make true distinctions.
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Freedom is the only value I have, understand and will protect at any cost. I feel u share similar points of view to a life.\nThere is a freedom! Even a prisoner has got one if he wants to, your mind is free and one can stop u thinking until u're dead.
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what's a terrorist? \n\nyour question scares me. does that make YOU a terrorist.
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Don't join.  Every job from office clerk to mechanic can be sent to where the combat is.  Just because you aren't in an infantry unit doesn't mean the terrorists won't be trying to kill you.  Wearing the uniform isn't about looking good; it's about defending a way of life.  Don't feel bad if this is not for you.  There are other ways to be patriotic without fighting.  Just being a good citizen and not breaking the law shows that you want something better for your country.