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From: andersa@kuling.UUCP (Anders Andersson)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.politics
Subject: Terrorism (Re: Air raid on Libya)
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Date: Mon, 5-May-86 23:02:35 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  5 23:02:35 1986
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[I'm directing comments to net.politics, aware that I won't be able to read
them, unless redirected or sent by mail. Still I think this is important.]

In article <593@umich.UUCP> torek@zippy.UUCP (Paul V. Torek ) writes:
>It may be the best; at least if we deny the terrorists their goals:  changes
>of policy on our part in the direction they desire.  Those who recommend
>doing this in the name of "addressing the root causes of terrorism" certainly
>have a strange notion of how to discourage an activity:  reward it.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder..." Yes, I see your point, but what
does it mean in practice? PLO has indeed committed terrorist actions "on
behalf of the Palestinian people". Should we therefore deny Palestinians
any demands or wishes they might have, regardless of whether they are
"right" or "wrong" in what they ask for? If not forever, for how long?

There are numerous peoples all around the world who find their own
situation unpleasant or unfair in some way or another. For some of them,
terrorist groups have been formed, for others not (yet). In order to set
a good example, we should all rush to the assistance of the latter, while
they still exist - it would of course be best if all (potential) problems
could get a peaceful solution from the very beginning. Unfortunately, we
can't turn the time backwards, and I agree that it's a dilemma - what to
do with all those "root causes" that will remain?
-- 
Anders Andersson, Dept. of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden
Phone: +46 18 183170
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