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Justified Armed Rebellion/Resistance/Insurgency

Justified Armed Rebellion/Resistance/Insurgency

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Do these groups have justification to armed rebellion against their oppressors?

Native Americans vs the governments of any or all of the American governments (USA, Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Chile, etc)

Irish vs North Irish?

Palestinians vs Israel?

Kurds vs Turkey?

Blacks vs USA?

People of Mexican descent in southern US?

Quebec vs Canada?

Arabs vs Coalition in Iraq? How about foreign Arabs or Muslims?

"Moors" vs Spain?

Etc...add your own.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Do these groups have justification to armed rebellion against their oppressors?

...add your own.
Afghans v U.S. puppet regime

Iraqis v U.S. puppet regime

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Originally posted by FMF
Afghans v U.S. puppet regime

Iraqis v U.S. puppet regime
FMF v US muppets

GRANNY.

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Originally posted by FMF
Afghans v U.S. puppet regime

Iraqis v U.S. puppet regime
Please offer up your answers. Yes or no to each?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Please offer up your answers. Yes or no to each?
it's not as simple as 'yes' and 'no'

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Originally posted by trev33
it's not as simple as 'yes' and 'no'
It always is with AThousandYoung.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Please offer up your answers.
I'm helping you frame the debate. For some strange reason you left out the two biggest elephant in the living room insurgencies going on in the world right now. Odd that.

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Originally posted by trev33
it's not as simple as 'yes' and 'no'
Please explain.

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Originally posted by FMF
It always [b]is with AThousandYoung.[/b]
Already starting with the hostility I see.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Already starting with the hostility I see.
T'was a joke. Already starting with the humorless 'you're either this or that' stuff?

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Do these groups have justification to armed rebellion against their oppressors?
I don't know that violence -- state or anti-state -- is ever justified. Usually these things happen because the people involved can't or won't find a peaceful solution. It's a question of ability and will -- on both sides, especially the more powerful. But by the time a rebellion breaks out, it's usually too late to debate the ethics of killing for the sake of freedom.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Do these groups have justification to armed rebellion against their oppressors?

Native Americans vs the governments of any or all of the American governments (USA, Canada, Mexico, El Salvador, Chile, etc)

Irish vs North Irish?

Palestinians vs Israel?

Kurds vs Turkey?

Blacks vs USA?

People of Mexican descent in southern US?

Quebec ...[text shortened]... ition in Iraq? How about foreign Arabs or Muslims?

"Moors" vs Spain?

Etc...add your own.
Surely when the laws of a country or international law fail any person, they have no other means but to use aggression?

It's always amusing that States tend to think that they can use violence and nobody else can.

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You people running for office or something? Take a stand!

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Originally posted by shavixmir

It's always amusing that States tend to think that they can use violence and nobody else can.
Yes.

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Originally posted by AThousandYoung
You people running for office or something? Take a stand!
It's just not that simple.

Although it becomes much simpler if you appeal to emotion rather than reason.