Comments on: 1 Hostage for 350 – 1,000 Prisoners http://themoderatevoice.com/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Sun, 27 May 2012 20:45:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Kevin H http://themoderatevoice.com/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/comment-page-1/#comment-71729 Kevin H Mon, 09 Apr 2007 20:07:18 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/israel/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/#comment-71729 I pretty much agree with you MvdG, although Davebo does have a point, one I didn't even really think about while reading your article. A definition of terms might be good. Are you a prisoner of a country if taken within that country and a hostage if taken outside? Might be a reasonable definition, but doesn't quite get at what we usually think of as a "hostage"... I guess it's also the same problem you have in defining terrorists vs states. No one has ever been able to give me a good definition of a terrorist. I pretty much agree with you MvdG, although Davebo does have a point, one I didn’t even really think about while reading your article.

A definition of terms might be good. Are you a prisoner of a country if taken within that country and a hostage if taken outside? Might be a reasonable definition, but doesn’t quite get at what we usually think of as a “hostage”…

I guess it’s also the same problem you have in defining terrorists vs states. No one has ever been able to give me a good definition of a terrorist.

]]> By: jdledell http://themoderatevoice.com/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/comment-page-1/#comment-71703 jdledell Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:06:59 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/israel/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/#comment-71703 Israel holds 1/3 of the Palestinian legislators. They were okay until they got elected. Suddenly they were arrested. No trial, no indictments, no charges. Are they prisoners or hostages? Israel holds 1/3 of the Palestinian legislators. They were okay until they got elected. Suddenly they were arrested. No trial, no indictments, no charges. Are they prisoners or hostages?

]]> By: Davebo http://themoderatevoice.com/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/comment-page-1/#comment-71597 Davebo Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:31:31 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/places/asia/middle-east/israel/12061/1-hostage-for-350-1000-prisoners/#comment-71597 Interesting that one group is "prisoners" while another are "hostages" wouldn't you say? Interesting that one group is “prisoners” while another are “hostages” wouldn’t you say?

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