tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post113372857078602818..comments2023-09-30T03:57:11.799-05:00Comments on ahistoricality: Ahistoricality Alert: World's First Terrorists?Ahistoricalityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-28231618852221574042009-03-03T00:20:00.000-05:002009-03-03T00:20:00.000-05:00Again, not my field of study, but I seem to rememb...Again, not my field of study, but I seem to remember that those were part of a series of back-and-forth attacks and reprisals over control of land. Both sides -- Native and settler -- targetted women and children; there was nothing like "laws of war" at work. <BR/><BR/>Vicious, yes. Terroristic? Doesn't seem like the right label to me.Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-47691278780712460212009-03-03T00:00:00.000-05:002009-03-03T00:00:00.000-05:00Friday, 22 March, 1622:"Barbarous Massacre", Powha...Friday, 22 March, 1622:<BR/>"Barbarous Massacre", Powhatan warriors murdered ~30% of Virginia's entire population.<BR/>The event was even recorded, by a guy named Edward Waterhouse.alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01664162452053784022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1153679572101107892006-07-23T13:32:00.000-05:002006-07-23T13:32:00.000-05:00I don't know enough about the Boer wars to comment...I don't know enough about the Boer wars to comment on that, but the Guerillas don't really qualify because of their focus on military opponents. Terrorism targets populations, not armed, uniformed forces. <BR/><BR/>The similarity of response is interesting, though.Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1153665676357314632006-07-23T09:41:00.000-05:002006-07-23T09:41:00.000-05:00Surely the Guerrillas of the Napoleonic Wars were ...Surely the Guerrillas of the Napoleonic Wars were terrorists as were the Boer, interestingly the response of the "Authoritories" in both cases was the same reprisals, internment, torture etc!<BR/><BR/>I do not agree that the Assassins were terrorists as their tactics targeted leaders rather than populations. Perhaps it could be argued that terrorism is the product of mass communication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1145390046209048452006-04-18T14:54:00.000-05:002006-04-18T14:54:00.000-05:00I have a corollary to the corollary to Godwin's La...I have a corollary to the corollary to Godwin's Law:<BR/><BR/>"When a comparison to Bugs Bunny or Yosemite Sam is made, the thread is over, and whoever mentioned Bugs Bunny has automatically <I><B>won</B></I> whatever argument was in progress."<BR/><BR/>blogista@yahoo.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1142614721087401192006-03-17T11:58:00.000-05:002006-03-17T11:58:00.000-05:00Of course, by 'terrorist' she means 'bomb-throwing...Of course, by 'terrorist' she means 'bomb-throwing terrorists' and as we all know from the newspapers of the time the leftist terrorists of Russia used those big round bombs with the sputtering fuses, like in Bugs Bunny cartoons.Deep Thoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17438539845962372105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1134677229211614232005-12-15T15:07:00.000-05:002005-12-15T15:07:00.000-05:00November 1605. Houses of Parliament, London. Gunpo...November 1605. Houses of Parliament, London. Gunpowder. Shitloads of gunpowder. (Failed terrorists are still terrorists.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1133796499155772152005-12-05T10:28:00.000-05:002005-12-05T10:28:00.000-05:00I wouldn't count the frontier warriors of Islam (t...I wouldn't count the frontier warriors of Islam (the ones who fought against the Byzantines) as terrorists. According to even the Byzantine sources, they were pretty well-organized and fought pitched battles against the Greeks.<BR/><BR/>The Assassins of the Crusades were terrorists, I would argue.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481137891542684401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9045565.post-1133759122134816582005-12-05T00:05:00.000-05:002005-12-05T00:05:00.000-05:00I don't think so. Not all guerilla and irregular f...I don't think so. Not all guerilla and irregular forces qualify as terrorists, by the usual definitions. For premodern forces, the general lack of what we consider "rules of war" means that our definitions need to be pretty clear. The Huns, Goths, etc., were pretty well-organized forces who raided for profit, not terror. The Jewish Revolt and Mahdi uprising were a pretty organized affairs, too, with guerrilla tactics but not, I don't think, terroristic ones. I don't know enough about the Ghiza to say offhand (and I can't find anything useful via Google, either).Ahistoricalityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04004964192885891003noreply@blogger.com