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From: tan@ihlpg.UUCP (Bill Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc
Subject: Re: South Africa Terrorizes Southern Africa
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Date: Sun, 12-Oct-86 01:22:21 EDT
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> [Martin Lewis Walter Hall]
> The Palestinians and other factions have several times tried more
> peaceful means and have been rebuked...While I am not really sure what
> side I am on I definitely think that many people are brain-washed into
> believing that the PLO is a terrorist organization.
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And all the time I thought it was because of the terrorist acts
committed by the PLO.  Silly me.
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Begin Disclaimers to discourage flames:
	1) The fact that the PLO is a terrorist organization in
no way implies any merit or lack of merit in the Palestinians'
underlying cause.  THEY ARE SEPARATE ISSUES.
	2) The fact that the PLO is a terrorist organization in
no way implies that the Israeli government is a paragon of virtue.
	3) The fact that the PLO is a terrorist organization in
no way implies that all (or even most) of the current wave of
terrorism is being committed by the PLO or its supporters. 
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The PLO is a terrorist organization because it engages in terrorism.
Pure and simple.  Should it publicly renounce terrorism (not necessarily
armed struggle, which is not the same thing), AND LIVE UP TO ITS
ANNOUNCEMENT, then it would no longer be a terrorist organization.
However, the underlying merit in the Palestinian and Israeli causes
would not be changed one whit.
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Bill Tanenbaum - AT&T Bell Labs - Naperville IL  ihnp4!ihlpg!tan