is it ok to be luddite

[Jedrzej Polak]

jbor writes:

> Of course, with Greenpeace some of the activities in which its members
> engage verge uncomfortably on terrorism at times

If we agree that terrorism is violence toward private citizens, public
property, and political enemies promoted by a political group to achieve or
maintain supremacy, the good folks from Greenpeace cannot be regarded as
terrorists because 1. their goals are far from political; 2; they do not
strive to achieve or maintain supremacy. If you think otherwise, I would
gladly see the examples of Greenpeace political terrorism (or any kind of
terrorism at that!). Let us not try to overgeneralize, or soon we'll call
Gandhi a moral terrorist!

Best

JP