64 years later, France and Germany delve into shrouded WW 2 massacre

hmm.... So the German soldiers considered members of the Resistance to be terrorists.

Fascinating.

Terrorist - What the big army calls the little army.

You two never surprise me anymore. It seems like you've become predictable.
But then I guess you'd probably say the same of me.
Cheers.

TERRORIST definitions and sources.


One who utilizes the systematic use of violence and intimidation to achieve political objectives, while disguised as a civilian non-combatant. ...
www.aeroflight.co.uk/definitions.htm

or insurgent or freedom fighter: a rebel
www.bigpedia.com/encyclopedia/List_of_euphemisms

often names for rebel, revolutionary, or folk heroes, especially by oppressive governments
www.startsurfing.com/encyclopedia/d/o/u ... speak.html

a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for ...
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; originally applied to an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France; Anyone who uses terror as a weapon in a political struggle, frequently in an attempt to coerce a more powerful opponent, such as a ...
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/terrorist

So do you agree that members of the French Resistance were terrorists?

I wouldn't describe them as such, if anything the Nazis were the "terrorists".

But to say the terrorists of today are like the French Resistance isn't even close to the mark. There is no comparison.

I wouldn't describe them as such, if anything the Nazis were the "terrorists".

But to say the terrorists of today are like the French Resistance isn't even close to the mark. There is no comparison.

Oh no.... No, it's completely different now. Of course.

I wouldn't describe them as such, if anything the Nazis were the "terrorists".

But to say the terrorists of today are like the French Resistance isn't even close to the mark. There is no comparison.

Oh no.... No, it's completely different now. Of course.

It is completely different now, unless you are saying the western world has become just the like Nazis, in which case I'd recommend you commit yourself to the nearest psychiatric ward.

"Terrorist", in a political sense, means whatever an oppressor wants it to mean. Usually, it is the oppressors themselves that are the true terrorists.

The logic of "you're not a terrorist unless you're a nazi" is profoundly banal. Tyrranical governments often call their critics and dissidents "terrorists."

It would seem that the German was using the correct terminology. According to the google search I brought up there are over 200 definitions for the word "Terrorist"
It would seem to have a meaning or two that I didn't think fit the terminology we use now. However you are correct. Are you comparing home grown terrorists to another form of terrorist that we know of now? Or are you wanting us to assume that's what you meaning is.

Terrorist is a matter of perspective so I don't have real problems with that one.
I definately get ticked when folks call terrorists freedom fighters however.
You can't "fight for freedom" by blowing up innocent civilians. Freedom fighters can't be alienating themselves from the support of the local population.

I am also opposed to blowing up innocent civilians.

It wou;d sound like a standard motherhood issue but some days you never know.

You have to start from somewhere!