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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
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Subject: Re: Terrorism (Re: Air raid on Libya)
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Date: Mon, 12-May-86 01:38:32 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 12 01:38:32 1986
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> 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
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The above is incredibly naive and simplistic.  What, for example, would
Mr. Andersson do about Puerto Rican independence, Quebec separatists,
Basque separatists, Breton separatists, etc.  Are their "root causes"
justified?  The Puerto Rican independence party gets less than 10% of the
vote.  Should Puerto Rico be severed from the United States against the
will of more than 90% of the people of Puerto Rico just to avoid a few
acts of terrorism?
	One person's peaceful solution is another person's "root cause".
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan