[thechat] Mumbai bomb blasts

[Drew Shiel]

At 11:00 01/09/2003 +0100, Chris Marsh wrote:

>Ironically, I think that is what the terrorists you speak of are
>actually saying themselves. And maybe I'm splitting hairs, but I believe
>it's "our" planet.

   The only difference between terrorists and the people who were 
responsible for the establishment of the Irish Free State is that there's 
now an Irish Free State. The people executed after the fiasco that was the 
Easter Rebellion in 1916 were treated exactly as anyone touting the death 
penalty for terrorists would have *them* treated, and yet they're now 
regarded as heroes and patriots.

   If anyone can point out to me any other difference, I'll be very 
interested to hear it, but thus far I see no sensible argument for 
executing terrorists while simultaneously holding people like Michael 
Collins up as heroes.

   Drew.