# Have you ever been involved in, supported, or encouraged terrorist activities in any country? Have you, ever been a member of, or given support to an organisation that has been concerned in terrorism?

# Have you ever, by any means or medium, expressed views that justify or glorify terrorist violence or that may encourage others to terrorist acts or other serious criminal acts?

Do these questions sound familiar? Well, they would sound very familiar, if, and only if, you have applied for a visa to the United Kingdom. Well, guess what! I HAVE. And I had to deal with these questions, along with other questions that I found even more annoying. But those other question wont be the subject of my article for today.

What I was wondering about at the time I was filling my application was: let’s say someone was filling the application, and happened to be engaged in a “terrorist” organization, would they actually check the “Yes” Box?

I very much doubt that…

Anyways, I now wonder about something else as I write this article.

Who on Earth decides what a terrorist activity/organization is?

Hizbullah was labeled as a terrorist organization by the United States of America. Does that mean it is a terrorist organization? HELL NO!!!

It was labeled as a terrorist organization based on the sole fact that it did anything and everything to kick Israel out of it’s land, which proved to be a very successful mission (regardless of the fact that some still claim that Israel left Lebanon out of the kindness of its heart…. Euh… Yeah Right). Wouldn’t any country do the same if it was under occupation? HELL YES!!!

So why would Hizbullah be considered a terrorist organization when they acted like any other organization consisting of freedom fighters who refuse to be intimidated by arrogant governments with big guns?

Well, I checked the NO boxes for both questions, to be hit by a third question that says:

# Have you engaged in any other activities that might indicate that you may not be considered a person of good character?

Hmmm...Haven’t we all? I guess idealistic people would say yes to such a question… but guess what! I need to go to the UK for a research day, so I put aside my idealism, blocked all the stuff I did during my life, which in my perception, I consider myself to be bad for carrying out, and checked the “NO” box….

Two days later, I got my Visa.
God Bless All Freedom Fighters.