They've told us time and again that the line between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is thin, and the labels depend upon perception alone.
It is not my brief to venture into technicalities on such a subject, for no doubt, scholars may have done much splendid work in the field. In my mind, 'terrorist' and 'freedom fighter' are contradictory ideas. Simply because, a terrorist does not fight for anyone's freedom.
Is it for the freedom of his people that he fights? The people are the ones who suffer most, for he is one of them.
Is it for his cause that he spills his blood? The cause only becomes illegitimate for it is marred by violence in its means.
Is it for his rights that he terrorizes? He only takes away the rights of others, taking away his own and another's right to life.
Is it for God that the terrorist becomes a terrorist? God gives an individual life and never the right to take it away.
A terrorist may be fighting for a selfish cruel instinct but he is not fighting for freedom. A freedom fighter's is a real battle. A terrorist's is one that nobody wins.
It is not my brief to venture into technicalities on such a subject, for no doubt, scholars may have done much splendid work in the field. In my mind, 'terrorist' and 'freedom fighter' are contradictory ideas. Simply because, a terrorist does not fight for anyone's freedom.
Is it for the freedom of his people that he fights? The people are the ones who suffer most, for he is one of them.
Is it for his cause that he spills his blood? The cause only becomes illegitimate for it is marred by violence in its means.
Is it for his rights that he terrorizes? He only takes away the rights of others, taking away his own and another's right to life.
Is it for God that the terrorist becomes a terrorist? God gives an individual life and never the right to take it away.
A terrorist may be fighting for a selfish cruel instinct but he is not fighting for freedom. A freedom fighter's is a real battle. A terrorist's is one that nobody wins.
3 comments:
I would like to know your opinion about Israel-Gaza war? Who is freedom fighter and who is terrorist?
regards,
well i think the author has fairly tried to delineate between the freedom fighter and the the terrorist but she is correct is as far as its very thin, this being amply made clear by the question asked by unknown person as to who is the terrorist in the gaza-isreal conflict. these are very complex issues which are partly hidden history and partly marred by subjectivity. For me, keeping in mind history, the people of Palestine are the 'Freedom fighters" at the same time the means to achieve their end is very Violent causing lot of bloodshed including the blood of the innocent people, their own people(they are responsible for provoking the Israeli troops to attack their territories and subsequently people)so they cannot be strictly speaking freedom fighters. there can be a totally opposite view of this peculiar situation rather thousands of differing viewpoints on this sorry situation. This is when subjectivity creeps into this issue. THE QUESTION IS A VERY COMPLEX QUESTION which definitely calls for a lot of deliberation, especially by the stakeholders of this issue. it needs to stop! man killing manneeds to STOP, terrorist or freedom fighters NOBODY CAN TAKE AWAY LIVE LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT GIVE LIFE!
Well spoken. In my opinion fundamentalism is the thing which differentiates the two. Personally I don't find any difference between Lashkar-e-Toiba and RSS. But there are lot of differences between freedom fighters and terrorists as you have aptly said.
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