> At 04:35 PM 9/25/01 -0400, Brett wrote:
>
>>remain a mystery in many cases. But when a group is oppressed, a small
>>minority of its members consistently and predictably turns to violent
>>resistance, often involving terrorist activity. And that terrorist
>>minority does not act at random, but acts in opposition to the perceived
>>(real or imagined) oppression.
>>
>
> Most people known to be associated with the terrorist activities come from
> the privileged or middle classes - they have money, education, social
> connections, they travel abroad, and study in foreign universities. Could
> you please explain how they are "oppressed."?
>
is that not true only because the only people you "know to be associated with terrorist activities" are the leaders who tend to be educated, etc. surely the majority of most organizations accused of terrorism are not middle-class educated people who study abroad! thats certainly not true, i would guess, of the khalistani separatist segments of the 80s in punjab, in india.
--ravi
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- man is said to be a rational animal. i do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. more often i have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly - but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the 2nd degree. -- alasdair macintyre.