Terrorism and Democracy

Violence dictatorship ..

.. critical in a democracy

Violence begets violence. Aeschylus .

In recent years, the democratic world has declared relentless war on terrorism. This war makes sense.

Faced with a dictatorship, violent struggle ( dictatorships call terrorism) is fully justified . She took the name of resistance. But when we do in a democracy *, no "resistance" by terror can not be justified.

* even when dealing with a perverted democracy manipulates its citizens to prevent complaints and criticism

When a system provides a space for criticism, no terrorist act can not be justified . If there are opportunities to peacefully free of oppression, violent resistance loses all credibility.

Imagine an oppressed group of people by another group of people under a democratic regime. From the moment the oppressed can force ( by symbolic acts *) media and internationals against - powers to deal with their case, no terrorist act can be justified.

* Grêve, demonstrations, lobbying, symbolic acts ( lying in the street every day such time at such an hour, to express his pain and force journalists to show to the world ) .

This is why the current democratic world (though imperfect ) remains deaf to the terrorist argument ...

A benevolent deafness

This deafness is to say, " to be heard, you have ways to fight outside of violence, we reject it ." Refuse to accept terrorism as an "expression of grief" ( although it is one), makes sense. This rejection does not occur at the expense of the oppressed group. He is there to teach him to recycle his violent impulses. It is to transform its brutal energy ( macho ), verbal energy. There to help him through the rough revenge in the political, media and symbolic intelligence.

Deafness of the West, unconsciously seeks to enable abused groups, improve their oral and strategic intelligence ( policy). There to provide it with the means to fight in accordance with democratic principles . In the end it is to raise the oppressed peoples to democracy.

This estoppel is the right response democracies facing terrorism, if democracy is monitored . For it must of course ensure that it is not a disguised dictatorship. Ensure that it actually offers people the ability to use weapons other than violence to express themselves.

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