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:He was not an expert on terrorism or anything else for that matter. [[User:The Four Deuces|TFD]] ([[User talk:The Four Deuces|talk]]) 00:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC) |
:He was not an expert on terrorism or anything else for that matter. [[User:The Four Deuces|TFD]] ([[User talk:The Four Deuces|talk]]) 00:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC) |
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::''Mr. Hitchens, a British Trotskyite who had lost faith in the Socialist movement, spent much of his life wandering the globe and reporting on the world’s trouble spots for The Nation magazine, the British newsmagazine The New Statesman and other publications'' from the NYT obit seems to give him strong credentials as a journalist on world affairs. At Oxford ''Spare time was devoted to the study of philosophy, politics and economics.'' Establishing reasonable credentials in those fields. ''After collaborating on a 1976 biography of James Callaghan, the Labour leader, he published his first book, “Cyprus,” in 1984 to commemorate Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus a decade earlier. A longer version was published in 1989 as “Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger.” '' would seem to establish reasonable credentials as an author on world affairs. Sorry - your dismissal of this interesting journalist is weak indeed. [[User:Collect|Collect]] ([[User talk:Collect|talk]]) 18:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC) |
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== International terrorism == |
== International terrorism == |
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Terrorism is only terrorism if committed by a Muslim. Otherwise, it's extremism.
- The omnipotence of Al Qaeda and meaninglessness of "Terrorism" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.39.96.50 (talk) 18:22, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
Hitchens on terrorism
I am surprised that no mention was made in the article of Christopher Hitchens 1986 Harper's Magazine piece, "Wanton Acts of Usage - Terrorism: A cliche in search of a meaning", which made the argument that "'Terrorist' is a convenience word, a junk word,designed to obliterate distinctions". He basically argued, as do many of the other authorities cited in this Wikipedia article, that no clear and consistent definition exists for the term, terrorism, and that usage of the term, obscures rather than clarifies discourse. Of course, Hitchens being Hitchens, would later on, especially after 9-11, seem to forget all about what he wrote in 1986 and use the terms, "terrorism" and "terrorists" in exactly the same ways that he had condemned in his 1986 article.
JimFarm (talk) 21:58, 14 January 2012 (UTC)
- He was not an expert on terrorism or anything else for that matter. TFD (talk) 00:54, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
- Mr. Hitchens, a British Trotskyite who had lost faith in the Socialist movement, spent much of his life wandering the globe and reporting on the world’s trouble spots for The Nation magazine, the British newsmagazine The New Statesman and other publications from the NYT obit seems to give him strong credentials as a journalist on world affairs. At Oxford Spare time was devoted to the study of philosophy, politics and economics. Establishing reasonable credentials in those fields. After collaborating on a 1976 biography of James Callaghan, the Labour leader, he published his first book, “Cyprus,” in 1984 to commemorate Turkey’s invasion of Cyprus a decade earlier. A longer version was published in 1989 as “Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger.” would seem to establish reasonable credentials as an author on world affairs. Sorry - your dismissal of this interesting journalist is weak indeed. Collect (talk) 18:43, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
International terrorism
International terrorism - redirect to Terrorism. Why? Brian Michael Jenkins: International Terrorism: A new kind of warfare (1974), International terrorism: New Mode of Conflict (1975). --Pessimist2006 (talk) 19:41, 6 September 2011 (UTC)
Levels of terrorism
Can anyone define "low level" terrorism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.100.195.188 (talk) 06:24, 18 December 2011 (UTC)