Talk:Front de Libération du Québec
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It is part of the right-wing/fundementalist agenda to label the opposition "terrorist". It is known that my freedom fighter is your terrorist. The classic example are the Nicaraguan "Contras". To recitify that right-wing bias, I have actually neutralized the language rather than attempted to liberalize it. I replaced one "terrorist" with insurgent and I have put quotes around the other "terrorist".
I leave it to better hands than mine to get the liberal/progressive spin right.--wegerje 07:22, 23 Jun 2004 (PDT)
-Pyrrho 12:57, 23 Jun 2004 (PDT) this caught my eye... I know nothing about the Front de Liberation du Quebec, zero. So my opinion is uninformed by the facts. I tend agree with your appraisal of labeling terrorism vs. "freedom fighting" or the certainly more neutral "insurgents"... but does this mean you don't think there is such a thing as terrorism? What would the criteria be to call this organization terrorist.
Well, I had read about this group weeks ago when it was put in the dkosopedia... but I already forgot if they were left or right wing, etc.
-wegerje 21:01, 23 Jun 2004 (PDT) Do we have a page on Terrorism. That would be the place to find an answer, right. :) Yes I believe there is terrorism and terrorists. Any bomb exploding without warning is terrible, and terrifies people. Anyone who who would do such a thing is doing it to terrify people. Just this last 4th of July I was the victim of a terrorist act. I was part of a big crowd of people leaving the civic fireworks display when someone dropped a loud firecraker (m-80? cherry bomb etc.) within 50 feet of me and my family amongst 10's of other people. I gritted my teath as my adrenilin was pumped up. You get the idea. I was frightened. The person who did it was doing it on purpose, just to scare me and the rest us.
That's one end of a spectrum. The other is when an extremely large bomb, 20,000 pounds worth of tnt, is dropped on a city from an airplane.
Admittedly, "terrorism" is usually associated with the practices of the less powerful when arrayed against the more powerful.
There are right-wing terrorists and left-wing terrorists. The difference typically is that right-wing terrorists tend to target social/service things and/or ordinary people while left-wing terrorists tend to target military/governmental things and/or important people. But as targets get harder and harder either will target whatever is available. The other distinguishing characterist between left and right wing terrorists is where their base of support comes from. Simply stated; rich-right, poor-left.
I just read our terrorism entry. It seems to cover the bases well. I assume that this group should be added to the Left-wing terrorist list.
