Quote Originally Posted by Cloud No.9
one must remember famous terrorists. gerry adams, nelson mandella, ghandi, the suffragettes, the french resistance, the mujahaden in afghanistan, the fighting in nepal.
Just going to comment on two "famous terrorists" here.

First of all, Gerry Adams. What has he achieved of any worth other than helping to create a climate of mass fear in Northern Ireland and many hundreds, if not thousands of families mourning loved ones?

As for the Suffragettes, (this is in Britain, I don't know about America) in my opinion they actually delayed women getting the vote, as the government were likely to give it to them anyway, but they couldn't be seen as giving into these tactics as it would mean anyone who wanted anything would start smashing shop windows and blowing up empty property (The 1910's equivalent of terrorist attacks). It was the lobbying and persuading of MP by the non-violent supporters of the cause that enabled women to become franchised in Britain, not the violent supporters.