The New Crusade

[kandrathe]

... Well actually I gave the examples of reverend King, but there are also the Kennedy's, the black people in the south (some years ago of course) That is real terrorism.

Yes, Dr. King was assassinated by racist(s). I wouldn't equate the Civil Rights movement with a struggle against terrorism. Yes, there were organized groups who terrorized blacks, but the real struggle for blacks was to be allowed equal access to justice and to be treated by governments as equal citizens. While that sounds like civil rights when compared to terrorism is a smaller thing, it is really an enormous thing to be treated as a 2nd class citizen by State and Federal governments. The Civil Rights movement was due to relics of slavery, and really is a red herring in relation to terrorism. But, it does reveal another example of man's inhumanity.

The Kennedy's deaths were politically motivated, and most likely due to their battles with organized crime (and its presence in organized labor). I don't think its a coincidence that the Kennedy's #1 domestic enemy disappeared without a trace after JFK was assassinated. Again, I wouldn't elevate organized crime to an insurgency.

The closest we get to insurgencies and terrorist organizations are like the Michigan Militia. Oh, and then there are the Al Queda cells that are found here every once in awhile.

But, what I was getting at was like how we allow neo-nazi's to march around and hold rallies. As long as they follow the societies rules their rights are not interfered with, but I'm sure there are many people who wish them harm. I think we could predict what would happen if an KKK waco in robes was riding his bike through a black neighborhood alone spouting racial hatred.

The only reason I would call Theo Van Gogh's murder a terrorist act was because of the note they left threatening others. The note meant that the he was stalked, targeted and meant to send a message to other outspoken Dutch people. If he had merely been shot in the head, or stabbed it might have been treated as just a murder.