BlackMage
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I am the Black Mage! I cast the spells that make the people fall down!
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Post by BlackMage on Apr 8, 2003 21:22:21 GMT -5
Is a freedom fighter really just a terrorist, and a terrorist really a freedom fighter?
Here's how I look at it, lets say the country Za is oppressing the country Ba (real original?). One day (that sounds bad...) a person from Ba decides to show Za that he won't stand for the bad treatment anymore, straps a bomb to himself, and goes and blows up a government/important building? To Ba he is a freedom fighter for fighting the oppresser, to Za he is a terrorist trying to scare the people of Za.
So, is there any difference between a Freedom Fighter and a Terrorist?
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Post by Sanovarak on Apr 9, 2003 7:44:12 GMT -5
Freedom Fighter fight for freedom. ;D
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Post by Lunar on Apr 9, 2003 14:09:13 GMT -5
In this case, it's a matter of perspective. One man's hero is another man's enemy. Different ideals appeal to different people. Also, the term Freedom Fighter has a lot to do with it. If someone is fighting for freedom, that means they have to be fighting against a different people, in some cases using any means possible.
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Post by Thores on Apr 9, 2003 15:47:56 GMT -5
Freedom Fighters like to eat Freedom Fries.
...But seriously, there is no right or wrong when it comes to these things. Usually just destruction for no plausible reason.
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Post by Shiguru Wazzat on Apr 12, 2003 7:02:52 GMT -5
Exactly .. like there's no such thing as good and bad -- you might say you're good, but in someone elses eyes you're bad, and vice versa
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Post by Laralon the Mad Looter on Apr 13, 2003 19:32:51 GMT -5
Peaceable actions, yo. I say that the guy from Ba is a terrorist. Terrorists scare people. The suicide bomber scared people. Thus he is a terrorist, and it's the wrong way to die for one's country. I say that he should've gathered a whole bunch of buddies and done a big peace strike. If they're gunned down...well, at least he didn't act terrorist-y.
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Ricky-K
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Post by Ricky-K on Apr 14, 2003 9:46:32 GMT -5
Freedom fighters are dumbass terrorists who think they have a reason to shoot people. Well from my experience they are. Here are a few from Northern Ireland.
UVF (most famous however nowdays they only do drugs now that their leader has been aressted) UFF (I dont know much about the UFF, I dont think they are active) UDA (becoming more serious than they used to be but are in a 'cease-fire' at the moment)
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