If The September 11 Terror Attack Is

Partisans Fight On Familiar Territory With Professed Political Objectives To Conquer Power. This Is What Distinguishes Them From Terrorists

The Only Knowledge That Can Truly Orient Action Is Knowledge That Frees Itself From Mere Human Interests And Is Based In Ideas - In Other Words Knowledge That Has Taken A Theoretical Attitude.

As Medium For Reaching Understanding, Speech Acts Serve: A) To Establish And Renew Interpersonal Relations, Whereby The Speaker Takes Up A Relation To Something In The World Of Legitimate Social Orders; B) To Represent States And Events, Whereby The Speaker Takes Up A Relation To Something In The World Of Existing States Of Affairs; C) To Manifest Experiences That Is, To Represent Oneself- Whereby The Speaker Takes Up A Relation To Something In The Subjective World To Which He Has Privileged Access.

I Would In Fact Tend To Have More Confidence In The Outcome Of A Democratic Decision If There Was A Minority That Voted Against It, Than If It Was Unanimous... Social Psychology Has Amply Shown The Strength Of This Bandwagon Effect.

From A Moral Point Of View, There Is No Excuse For Terrorist Acts, Regardless Of The Motive Or The Situation Under Which They Are Carried Out.