Definition of terrorism

[Kyuuketsuki]

I disagree with you over force and restraint for reasons already given (restraint is still force like it or not)

Your view is an opinion not fact, albeit one I share as I accept the conflict theory of power. Advocates of the consensus view of power would not necessarily agree. Such people seem to be in the majority in democratic style societies. (ignoring the amount of force often needed to effect major social change)

I'm sorry Padraic, outside of the fact that just about everything is mere opinion (even scientific explanations are "just" opinions, albeit based on empirical data, inasmuch as they are interpretations of specific observations when you consider them closely), I don't think you can justifiably belittle what I said in that way ... I think that anything that restrains people against their will is a force. If you tied someone up against their will would that be force? I think you'd find it difficult to argue that it wasn't. What is the difference between that and restraining someone in a cage?

Kyu

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Approximately 20,000 regular officers and civilian employees work for the Swedish Armed Forces. By 2008, this number will have fallen by about 4,000 people as a result of Defence Resolution 2004. In addition to this permanent staff, there are some 12,600 reserve officers. Reserve officers have two careers; one in civilian life and one in the armed forces.

Fair enough I'm wrong but judging on that link (the PDF) so might you be. The PDF is confusing anyway ... yes it says what you said it says but further up it says that in 2007 the Swedish Army had 47,000 personnel. That doesn't put them at much below the capability of the UK and if you add your home guard in (42,000 is a number I saw somewhere), and let's be honest here if they are mentioned in that PDF then they are a considered component of Swedish military strategy, then that figure rises considerably. The PDF also mentions over half-a-million people in voluntary defence associations.

Kyu