Chaos Magnet

Rebel or terrorist?

I often listen to so-called "liberal" radio -- sort of the anti-Rush-Limbaugh kind of thing -- where they usually describe the people setting off bombs in Iraq as "insurgents", rather than "terrorists". Whenever I hear it, I do think about labels and how we apply them. Here's an interesting 80/20Rule: definition of the difference between "rebels" and "terrorists". Not sure I'd agree with his specific examples, but he does, nevertheless, have an excellent point.

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Technorati tags: terrorism | media | iraq |

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