call it what it is ,, terrorism!

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call it what it is ,, terrorism!

Postby kelz03103 » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:32 am

The term "terrorism" comes from Latin terrere, "to frighten"
The English word "terrorism" was first recorded in English dictionaries in 1798 as meaning "systematic use of terror as a policy."The Oxford English Dictionary still records a definition of terrorism as "Government by intimidation carried out by the party in power . In France between 1789-1794. Generally, a policy intended to cause terror in those against whom it is adopted."
U.S. Code of Federal Regulations: "...the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives" (28 C.F.R. Section 0.85).
USA PATRIOT Act: "activities that (A) involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the U.S. or of any state, that (B) appear to be intended (i) to intimidate or coerce a civilian population, (ii) to influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion, or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination, or kidnapping, and (C) occur primarily within the territorial jurisdiction of the U.S."
Schmid and Jongman (1988): (targets of opportunity) or selectively (representative or symbolic targets) from a target population, and serve as message generators communication processes between terrorist (organization), (imperiled) victims, and main targets are use to manipulate the main target (audience(s), turning it into a target of terror, a target of demands, or a target of attention, depending on whether intimidation, coercion, or propaganda is primarily sought".
David Rodin (Oxford Philosopher): "Terrorism is the deliberate, negligent, or reckless use of force against noncombatants, by state or nonstate actors for ideological ends and in the absence of a substantively just legal process."
Walter Laqueur: "Terrorism constitutes the illegitimate use of force to achieve a political objective when innocent people are targeted."
League of Nations Convention (1937): all criminal acts directed against a State and intended or calculated to create a state of terror in the minds of particular persons or a group of persons or the general public
Darul Uloom Deoband Anti-Terrorism Conference (2008): Any action that targets innocents, whether by an individual or by any government and its agencies or by a private organisation anywhere in the world constitutes, according to Islam, an act of terrorism.

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Postby firefly_blue » Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:23 pm

that was my experience - I was terrorized by ACS


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