> What constitutes terrorism is highly subjective. If you think struggles > based on identity, freedom and not wanting to comply with a hegemonic > notion > of nation are equal to terrorism, then your understanding of terrorism is > vastly different from mine. Violence is used when other spaces and avenues > for negotiation and understanding are blocked. There are enough Lankans and > Tamilians who contribute to the LTTE on various grounds and not all of them > can be bracketed as violence-loving people. It is a matter of political > consciousness and choice to support particular values that these > individuals > believe in. > That said, this instance is not an appropriate one to use in our > conversations. It has a different history, connotations and political > economy to it and it does not compare with the kind of discrimination in > housing markets that occurs in Indian cities.
Agreed. I've not made up my mind. Maybe there are other reasons, I only stated it since from the discussion I had with him it sounded very flimsy. Kiran
