{"id":177,"date":"2011-01-28T17:46:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T17:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=177"},"modified":"2011-01-28T17:46:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T17:46:10","slug":"terrorists-are-people-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/01\/terrorists-are-people-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrorists are People Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrocan Govt, now overthrown, described unarmed protesters as &#8216;terrorists&#8217;.<br \/>\nAs does the present Egyptian Government.<br \/>\nAs did the British Govt of the IRA and Sinn Fein.<br \/>\nAs did the South African Govt of the ANC.<br \/>\nAs does the US and British Govts of the Taleban and Al Qaeda.<br \/>\nThere are movements in most countries of the world described as &#8216;terrorists&#8217; because they disagree with the men in power, and there is no fair way to present their case other than to take to the streets.<br \/>\nSo be it.<br \/>\nMen in power will fall. If they are lucky they will get away with some stolen money. If not they will be hanged in the streets.<\/p>\n<p>One day these &#8216;terrorists&#8217; will be in power, and western politicians will brave having to eat the shit they once conned us with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Morrocan Govt, now overthrown, described unarmed protesters as &#8216;terrorists&#8217;. As does the present Egyptian Government. As did the British Govt of the IRA and Sinn Fein. As did the South African Govt of the ANC. As does the US &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/01\/terrorists-are-people-too\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-2R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2294,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/11\/islamic-terrorists-are-not-cowards\/","url_meta":{"origin":177,"position":0},"title":"Islamic Terrorists Are Not Cowards","author":"taxicle","date":"November 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I get just a little bit peeved when I hear Islamic terrorists described as cowards. 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