But Patrick was on holiday that weekend and Seamus had a cold. ;) (View Post)

If we are defining it in terms of acts rather than people then no, I would say terrorism is never justified. The act of specifically targetting unarmed civilians, whether they are from the enemies &#… (View Post)

I think to some extent that misunderstands what I have written. It is not an attempt to base the definition on justified/unjustified. Exactly the opposite in fact. What I have said is that there are … (View Post)

True. But many perpetrators of war crimes see their actions as necessary. The same can be said of torture and the execution of prisoners More to the point, it was some of these actions which were leg… (View Post)

As I say in the article, we have an alternative term we use for the acts you describe - war crimes. I think this is a better definition not least because , in the modern circumstance, it is supposed … (View Post)