[news] Defining 'terrorism' is harder than you'd think

[Resist!ca]

This is a bit old but after finding it stashed away in my email, I had to send it on. In a UN report on its own relevence, they state: "Lack of agreement on a clear and well-known definition [of terrorism] undermines the normative and moral stance against [it] and has stained the United Nations image." The report singles out two reasons why an international definition of terrorism has been impossible to achieve. The first, it says, "is the argument that any definition should include states' use of armed forces against civilians." The second [problem] says the UN, "is that peoples under foreign occupation have a right to resistance and a definition of terrorism should not override this right."

URL: http://resist.ca/story/2004/12/27/183021/06