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Originally Posted by Big Dave  And what's wrong with that? 
The difference is not media coverage. God knows what you're even trying to infer with that. Terrorist attacks garner huge media coverage; the trial and sentencing of terror suspects also garners huge media coverage. The media has nothing to do with this. |
You seem to be missing the point about media coverage. When 'we' bomb whole peasant villages to shreds in Afghanistan, because
maybe a few terrorists were hiding out there, you don't see it spread out all over the papers and other media, accompanied by outraged reactions of the usual pundits. You have to go look for reports of this kind. Killing numerous civilians in this way surely must be regarded as terrorism, unless your definition of terrorism is blinkered and one-sided.
When someone drives a van into an airport terminal, the media are jumping at the bit to get their two cents in and you'd have to go sit in a cave for a week or so to miss any of it.
This is what's meant by uneven media coverage.
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Originally Posted by Big Dave When we, however, begin to ponder what causes a terrorist to blow stuff up in the first place, a whole new proverbial can of worms is opened. |
You say that as if it's a bad thing. Treating the cause instead of the symptoms is established medical practice for a very good reason.
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Sorry, but I believe that's utter nonsense. In an organized society with shared values and ideals, we expect the central government to react immediately, and violently if necessary, to outside stimuli that threatens the goals, beliefs, and way of life of the whole. |
I think you're being a bit myopic here. Can you not see that people in the Middle-East, or Latin America, or South America, would see US intervention (be it military or covert) in their country as a threat to
their goals, beliefs and way of life?
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate Treason would be one crime that would deserve the ultimate punishment, the actions of terrorists against the innocent citizens of the country would be another. |
Again, I point you to the innocent Afghan peasants, the innocent civilians of Fallujah, amongst others, and, depending on how far back in time you want to go, Nicaragua, Chile, Vietnam, etc...
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Originally Posted by OrangeCrate If you were afraid for your life, to walk out your front door, you'd be screaming at the top of your lungs, for your government to protect you by any means available to them, including killing those that threaten the people that you love, and your right to live a peaceful life, without fear. |
A heartfelt sentiment, but what do you do when your government is merely a puppet government, in the hands of foreign corporations and governments, and merely dancing to the tune of geopolitical and economic interests that are not your own?