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rose maria laverde
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[Poll] Resistance Movements
March 17, 2009 - 09:05 PM
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Are there circumstances when terrorism may be defended as an ethical means to bring about political change?
At different points of time in history, the current accepted political term, 'terrorist acts' has been necessary to bring about political change.
Terrorism is defined as an act of violence against another. (Wikipedia) Certain circumstances provide for the necessity of certain peoples to perform, acts of “terrorism” which are viewed by the country being attacked as such but in reality are the reactions of a country and peoples who are defending their very lives. At points in history people have been through some of the most devastating tragedies, and have withstood through these, during apartheid, the Holocaust, Iran’s Revolution, and finally to climax in New York city at the September 9/11 terrorism attack on the world trade towers. All around the world at one point in time the people were backed up against a wall and had no other choice but to resist the oppression being forced upon them and fight back in resistance in the hopes of making something happen to change the circumstances to better the lives of the people. Mahatma Ghandi, sent the message for peaceful protest, however in the past it seems that without some forceful action the people would suffer. For the good of the people during these times it seems that ‘terrorist’ acts were required and in fact had to occur for change to happen.
Do you think in most situations of change some type of rebellious action must be taken?
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Re: [Poll] Resistance Movements
March 24, 2009 - 02:23 AM
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That's a difficult question and I'm not sure there can be a satisfactory generalized answer.
The definition of terrorism, its connotations, and its usages have changed a lot over the years - I think it's important to look at who is defining the term and consider the purposes of using it in a particular way. Also, when are alternate terms like resistance movement, freedom fighters, revolutionaries etc. applied (or not)?
Also, representation is an interesting issue - how are terrorists represented, esp in terms of images, in mainstream media etc?
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