Terrorists everywhere – with new draconian ‘laws’ come new categories!
by jake Saturday, Mar 10 2012, 9:37pm
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The recent labeling by the government of ‘Anonymous’ and other dissenting and protesting groups as ‘terrorists’ is NOT unexpected and should have been anticipated by activists everywhere -- we are NOT naïve!
There are consequences to everything but especially for activist groups/entities/amorphous (lol) or otherwise that oppose Banking and Corporate criminal elites that have hijacked the law, our democracy and nation -- if any dreamboat imagined these cabals wouldn’t fight back then do yourself and everyone else a favor and go watch American idol!
Call me old fashioned but I like to understand the MEANING of common terms, especially those that are CONSTANTLY bandied about by the powers to JUSTIFY their criminal activities; terms that are PIVOTAL to their reason for being – terms that largely REMAIN legally u-n-d-e-f-i-n-e-d under international convention and law – [I wonder why? Doh!]
Let’s start with, you guessed it, the word, “terrorism;” a word that saturates mass media air-waves and is very familiar, but not completely understood by many!
Most Americans would be surprised to learn that the USA -- the State that most uses the word -- REFUSED to agree to a UN proposal for a universal DEFINITION of, “TERRORISM!” The proposal was made by then Secretary General Kofi Annan in order to easily IDENTIFY ‘terrorists’ and bring them to justice – sure sounded like a very good proposal to me! But the USA dropped its bundle and ran from any universal or legal definition -- can YOU guess why?
A few dictionary definitions may assist at his stage:
1. “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.”
2. “[violent] acts which are intended to create fear (terror) … that deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians).”
3. “the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear.”