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Fear of Calling a Terrorist a Terrorist

[ Ha'aretz] Bradley Burston - Last week, a Palestinian drove a bulldozer over and into a succession of cars in an incident which shocked and perplexed a public which, until that moment, believed they had seen it all. Sometimes, when a Palestinian terrorist strikes, it is the natural reaction of some observers to find new and creative ways to explain why Israel - and only Israel - was truly to blame. There are those who argue that the bulldozer driver was not a terrorist because he did not belong to an organization which ordered him to kill, or because he used drugs, or was otherwise emotionally unstable. I would suggest that terrorism is terrorism whether committed on orders or on one's own volition. Terrorism is many things, but justifiable is not among them. The person who justifies terror in any form, is declaring that it is legitimate in certain cases to kill innocent people. If justifying the murder of innocents because they belong to a certain hated group is not abject racism, I'd like to know what is.
2008-07-08 01:00:00
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