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by doreen peri

Posted to Poetry and Politics on 2004-03-16 11:08:00

Parent message is 621089
… a non-violent protester and i wish i could spread ghandi’s word throughout the world and have every person understand and follow it.

violence begets violence… it is atrocious… and horrible… and what happened the other day in Spain is another unthinkable nightmare, just like every terrorist act

maybe i understand LR’s writing better than you do… because i don’t read into anything even CLOSE to how you interpreted the paragraph you quoted.

I interpret LR as saying that those who resort to terrorism consider it the only effective tool to make a point. That’s the terrorist’s viewpoint which LR is evaluating. Not LR’s viewpoint. This is why he said, “my point is not that terrorism is justified”.

What he’s saying is that there are NUTS in this world who have a cause…. a cause they believe in… and they want to make a statement and don’t find any other method to make a statement effective except a terrorist act. Because when they commit a terrorist act, people pay attention.

LR is saying that these acts are not random acts of violence, they are acts resulting from “true irritation”…. there is always a gripe, a problem, a cause… a reason… for these acts.



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