>>The English language is used to convey meaning. Sorry, but to preserve an ineffective system in absurd <<

> You're claiming that having a meaning to the word "terrorist" is ineffective, and that it would be better if we all
> just redefined words to mean whatever is politically expedient for our dishonest purposes of misinforming the
> public? Needless to say, I disagree.

No im saying its futile to argue the definition of SUCH a word, since the definition will change depending on time and
cultural influences anyway.

Oh and read this:
"A civilian under international humanitarian law is a person who is not a member of his or her country's armed forces."

Therefore: "insurgents" = "civilians".

> tavius wrote:

> I'm pretty sure killing random people in the streets for being the of the wrong religion and race comes close at the very least to terrorism.

i agree, but you have to look at the causes. the Chinese government is encouraging Han to take over their Home. this type of thing has happened before. Look at Northen Ireland or Israel; will governments never learn?

EmperorHez, yup, keep on been a biased person.

"their civilians move in and take over- exactly like an army."
if you care to be neutral then you will see that han people were firstly targeted with shops destoryed and han people killed. these han people then retaliated.

"they take all the jobs, they dont teach the uighur language in schools there, the uighurs become a despised minority in their homeland."

this is true to some extent, but you are over exaggerating like alot of western medias.

"can you blame them for resorting to violence."

killing civilian, especially targeting another minority is never tolerated around the world. if you have something against the government then maybe just target the government instead. just remember, chinese government is not treating han people any different!

so if somebody doesn't like Obama and they throw a firebomb on you, the justice of the firebombing depends on how nice Obama is?

avogadro, i wouldnt use the word invade. the government is encouraging han to live there and is also encourging them to go to other chinese cities to find work. its not like the government is restricting them from coming to other cities while letting han migrating to their areas. it is more like all minorities living together side by side. i admit that the Uighurs might have been disadvantaged but lol you are all over exaggerating the situation.

and dont get me started with invading and get out of land and such.............................................its funny you say such a stupid thing like a 5 year old boy (yes you ARE 5) considering that countries like US, NZ land, australia and more came to existence by invading forces. chinese government is evil? chinese governemtn may have done lot of bad things but its like US or your country's government is fully clean, have never done anything wrong. US are just hiding behind the name of freedom and democracy to exterminate every countries and people they dont like. there are too much evil things that US has done and im not going to say it it. learn to go research it yourself.

chinese government even claimed that outsider were behind the riot and showed some evidences but im going to believe it until there is more evidences to support it. and your last paragraph is as stupid as it looks. so you are saying the whole han people are government or something? chinese government is evil and han people get attacked? it makes no sense. targeting a minority is never justified no matter what.

and keep in mind, china has more than 50 minorities. its a hard work keeping them all peacefull.....................

I think people should have the freedom to move to wherever they like. If Chinese people in eastern China want to move to western China, they should by all means be allowed to do so.

I live on the West Coast now and no body better be telling me where I can or cannot move. It's my decision.

Some people here keep talking about invasion by migration. wtf? The city I grew up in has a 60% white population, but the schools were probably 30-40% white. Neighboring cities weren't so white either. Some cities south of where I live have as little as 14% white populations. Are minorities inhabiting those cities invading too?

> so if you want to live in your neighbors house, even though its occupied, you should be able to?

Don't be absurd.

That sort of intrusion has nothing to do with this situation.

The Uyghurs aren't really the issue.  Knowing and seeing firsthand the response the Chinese have had to this event; knowing and understanding how Chinese society, politics and the Chinese economy functions, we should really be more concerned with increasing INTERNATIONAL financial and political influence the Chinese are developing.

"so if you want to live in your neighbors house, even though its occupied, you should be able to?"

Am I not allowed to move to the East Coast just cuz there are people living there?
Are those minorities inhabiting around my city invading too?

I just wanted to say something. The Qin were awesome. They single handily defeated every state in China by brute military force. The sad part is their Emperor was a nutcase.

yes it is very difficult to fathom