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Nelson Mandela and Terrorism.
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Was Nelson Mandela ever actively involved in terrorism?
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He was convicted of Treason in 1962 - but so what.
If you go back to the accounts of the 1962 trial, it should give you details of what was alleged. Presumably if he had a Fu Manchu role as gentleman rather than player, you are gonna say he wasnt a terrorist.
Relax, our current world is full of heads of state who started off political life as terrorists.
If you go back to the accounts of the 1962 trial, it should give you details of what was alleged. Presumably if he had a Fu Manchu role as gentleman rather than player, you are gonna say he wasnt a terrorist.
Relax, our current world is full of heads of state who started off political life as terrorists.
Yes, I believe he was the leader of the ANC who instigated, or at least supported the armed struggle and use of terror tactics. He is one of the best examples of the phrase, 'one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist'.
It is doubtful if the South African government would ever have instituted social justice policies for the majority black population without such actions as some nations were actively undermining UN economic sanctions in a surreptitous and illegal manner.
It is doubtful if the South African government would ever have instituted social justice policies for the majority black population without such actions as some nations were actively undermining UN economic sanctions in a surreptitous and illegal manner.
not all resistance action is terrorism, even if it's violent. The French resistance, for instance, just saw it as killing their enemies, not 'terrorising' them. Likewise, I don't think Palestinian suicide bombers are terrorists, though I'm sure Israelis would disagree. We use the word 'terrorist' a bit loosely.
fair question, LazyGun. Wikipedia has a whole separate article on it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_ter rorism
I don't have any better answer. As for freedom fighters, I think that's (a) what they call themselves; (b) what they're called after they win. Looking at the way Israel demonises 'terrorism' you'd never guess that Zionists practised it themselves in the 1940, but they did - against the British - or so the British would say.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definition_of_ter rorism
I don't have any better answer. As for freedom fighters, I think that's (a) what they call themselves; (b) what they're called after they win. Looking at the way Israel demonises 'terrorism' you'd never guess that Zionists practised it themselves in the 1940, but they did - against the British - or so the British would say.
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