There's a lot of words here Justin....but I'm going to answer your question without reading any of them.
Resistance to oppressive regimes can take many forms....but the more oppressive the regime, and the more constraining the steps it has taken to disarm any resistance whatsoever, the more likely it is that what resistance does materiali…
There's a lot of words here Justin....but I'm going to answer your question without reading any of them.
Resistance to oppressive regimes can take many forms....but the more oppressive the regime, and the more constraining the steps it has taken to disarm any resistance whatsoever, the more likely it is that what resistance does materialize will be terrifying for someone. Was the Warsaw Ghetto uprising terrifying? I suspect so, and not only for Nazis.
When the oppressed forces have very little power or movement or engagement....its a bit much to expect they will confine their resistance to military targets. In all likelihood, they won't be able to get very close to the centre of power....so they have to attack on the margins.....wherever they can find an opening.
They also know they are most likely going to die in the attempt...so resistance is unlikely to be widespread.....most people went peacefully to the gas chambers....a testament to how gentle most humans are, even under duress.
But asking this rhetorical question assumes you know what Terrorism is....and how you can separate the terrorist goats from the child slaughtering legitimate users of force. I think its a mug's game.
What we all should know is that human beings usually don't walk into extinction....or genocidal murder...without a fight. That the Nazi's.....and Nazi collaborators were able to convince so many to do so, is a testament to the Terror the Third Reich was able to generalize.
What Hamas did was pretty terrifying....but I suspect the civilians in Gaza has learned to live with the terror of attacks on civilians for over 16 years now. What goes around, sometimes does come around.
There's a lot of words here Justin....but I'm going to answer your question without reading any of them.
Resistance to oppressive regimes can take many forms....but the more oppressive the regime, and the more constraining the steps it has taken to disarm any resistance whatsoever, the more likely it is that what resistance does materialize will be terrifying for someone. Was the Warsaw Ghetto uprising terrifying? I suspect so, and not only for Nazis.
When the oppressed forces have very little power or movement or engagement....its a bit much to expect they will confine their resistance to military targets. In all likelihood, they won't be able to get very close to the centre of power....so they have to attack on the margins.....wherever they can find an opening.
They also know they are most likely going to die in the attempt...so resistance is unlikely to be widespread.....most people went peacefully to the gas chambers....a testament to how gentle most humans are, even under duress.
But asking this rhetorical question assumes you know what Terrorism is....and how you can separate the terrorist goats from the child slaughtering legitimate users of force. I think its a mug's game.
What we all should know is that human beings usually don't walk into extinction....or genocidal murder...without a fight. That the Nazi's.....and Nazi collaborators were able to convince so many to do so, is a testament to the Terror the Third Reich was able to generalize.
What Hamas did was pretty terrifying....but I suspect the civilians in Gaza has learned to live with the terror of attacks on civilians for over 16 years now. What goes around, sometimes does come around.