This is one of the topics that I have debated on when I started debating for the first time for my school team. I was given the challenge of being the opposition. Why I say it was a challenge is because every one has been thinking that this statement is correct. But I personally believed that this statement was wrong there for I took the challenge happily with the intention of proving the world that one mans terrorist is never another mans freedom fighter.
I think people have been believing on this statement because there has been no definition given to these words “terrorists and Freedom fighters” in any dictionary.
So let us see who is a terrorist first!!
Terrorists are selfish power hungry people. They say that they represent a community, a race, a discriminated group of people but those words are used to prove that they are doing this for some reason which can be justified. Terrorists are people who go from one place to the other killing innocent civilians who are not even armed. Terrorists are ones who want to dictate this world. They are extremists!!
Now let us see who is a freedom fighter!!
Freedom fighter is a person who represents a community, a person who stand against the injustice against the relevant authorities. Freedom fighters are ones who sacrifice themselves to save the lives of thousands. They are never selfish.
So let me justify my case!!
- Terrorists kill unarmed innocent civilians in large number but Freedom fighters fight against the relevant authorities who violated their rights.
In the present world we see lot of terrorist groups. They kill lot of people around the world for no reason. I would like to bright about the example of 9-11 attacks. Hundreds of people died just because Osama Bin Landan was not ready to accept the rule of American government. Hundred of Sons were lost to their mothers and fathers, Hundreds of Fathers and mothers were lost to their children. Isn’t this injustice? If Osama Binladen is a Freedom fighter why does he violate the rights of thousands of other people? Osama Binladan is just a power hungry inhuman creature.

Freedom fighters never massacre innocent unarmed people. Anything they do is just to the authorities who are responsible. In my own country last month the terrorists blasted off two buses and if this is called a action of a freedom fighters its a grave error we make in our lives.
- Terrorists are never willing to negotiate or compromise but freedom fighters are!!
What we have experienced is that the terrorists have a firm request and they never want to compromise on these. But the difference in freedom fighters is that they are willing to compromise and are willing to accept a reasonable answer.
- Freedom fighters protect the resources and heritages of a country but Terrorists never care about them.
Freedom fighters are people who love their country and who will do anything to keep their country safe. But terrorists are never like that. We see the terrorists groups in Sudan going on destroying all the resources in the country and we have heard about many occasions where terrorist groups have destroyed many of the world as well as national heritages of countries. One simple example is the destroying of Barmyan Buddha Statues.

- Child Conscription is never done in Freedom fighting but is done in terrorism.
Children are said to be sacred by the society, the protection given to them is unlimited and the care is tremendous. Freedom fighter is some one who protects all that, a person who provide protection to children all the time they never conscript children for their activities but a common thing that we see in terrorists is that they conscript children to their forces and for the acts done to gain power.
So are these just causes. If we call terrorists freedom fights it is a great insult we make on ” Mahathma Ghandi”, “Nelson Mandela”, “Martin Luther King Jr.” and “Sir Ponnambalam Ramanadan”.
So let me salute the Freedom fighter of My great country Sri Lanka while condemning the acts of terrorism.
One Mans’ terrorist is NEVER Another Mans’ freedom fighter!!
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