Talk:Beslan school siege/Archive 2

message: Please don't edit the word terrorism in the article until the issue is settled here. -Gene s 17:04, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please don't edit the word terrorism in the article 

message: It was an anti-terror demonstration (антитеррористический митинг/antiterroristicheski miting), not an anti-war. Word "anti-war" has completly different meaning. I hope we don't start edit war again...
At the "demonstration" no oppositional members of the parliament spoke to the citizens, because the Kremlin ordered so.
According to European media channels, the Russian government has ordered the Russian TV stations to broadcast the event with a 10 minutes delay, so the government could censor raging or critical overtones.
Where did you get that?
Lazy Ranma 00:12, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: They were asked to, not forced. I live in the Goliyanovo district with younger sister, but she didn't know anything about demonstration, so teachers didn't say anything about it to her and her classmates. I am removing all that nonsense I have quoted. Lazy Ranma 16:03, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

text: They were not forced. How do you imagine this? I think that schools', institutes' and public enterprises' directors allowed their students and workers to leave early to the damonstration. I've seen some students on TV, who learned about demonstration in dean offices and voluntary went to it. BTW, grani.ru have written about educational institution, but not about companies. Lazy Ranma 17:44, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-terror demonstration 

message: According to one TV report, several of the demonstrators were forced to attend by their companies.
There were complaints that in the demonstrations after Madrid railway attacks, Spaniards weren't forced to attend.
-- Error 02:13, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Forced

message: What ties are we talking about? WhisperToMe 02:08, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: The Russian government has accused Basayev's group of being linked to AQ. Outside of Russia, this view isn't widely accepted and it's not yet been confirmed that Basayev was indeed behind the Beslan siege. -- ChrisO 00:46, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there any more detail on what kind of connections the group is said to have? (E.G. Are they getting money or weapons from Al-Qaida? Are Al-Qaida members also participating in that group? etc) WhisperToMe 02:02, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Ties to Al-Qaida

message: Militant is deemed to be a neutral term, whereas terrorist clearly indicates that the behavior of the individual or organization is reprehensible regardless of the motivations for such behavior. - from Militant.
I believe terrorist connotates that you have civilian targets.... terrorist -- user:ryguillian
So how many children do you need to shoot in the back before your behavior is "reprehensible regardless of the motivations"?  user:TimShell
America killed more Iraqi children in the invasion of Iraq than the hostage-takers/Russian incompetence killed in the Beslan school siege. Killing children does not automatically make you a terrorist. --Cynical 16:41, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Militant" and "terrorist" 

message: I'd be careful about listing the word 'school' in the title - it's liable to be listed for deletion. The Recycling Troll 04:52, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Careful of 'school'