American revolutionaries: terrorists? Options

[strice]

during the revolutionary war, americans were labelled as terrorists under the British Terrorism Laws, which stated that any violent insubordination qualified as terrorism. I would argue that they were indeed terrorists of a sort, one example being the boston tea party. They are fighting for their freedom from an imperialistic overseas power and that is exactly what the terrorists of the middle east are doing, except with far less pleasant techniques. What do you bastards say?


i feel like this is going to garner a healthy amount of flames.

[queen]

England wasnt then. They are challenging a greater power and we are winning against them, thus the name terrorists.

what do you mean though? who are you calling terrorists? england or u.s.?

totally correct silkdragon:
I had a qoute like that on my sig for a while. Good is only the side you're on. It was:
"There is no such thing as Good and Evil, Right and Wrong. Just differences of opinion."

but i don't consider terrorism good or bad; i consider it however it's defined in the dictionary.

Main Entry: ter·ror·ism
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
1 : the unlawful use or threat of violence esp. against the state or the public as a politically motivated means of attack or coercion
2 : violent and intimidating gang activity <street terrorism> —ter·ror·ist /-ist/ adj or noun —ter·ror·is·tic /"ter-&r-'is-tik/ adjective

but i guess everything can be left to interpretation ;o