Terrorism Definition Debate
This cluster revolves around debates on whether specific acts qualify as terrorism, focusing on definitions involving political motives, violence against civilians, and distinctions from crime, with frequent references to Wikipedia and critiques of subjective usage.
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You are describing any terrorism here.
What qualifies this as "terrorism"?
This is not terrorism by any definition. Terrorism must have political agenda. It's political violence against non-combatants.
I guess someone redefined terrorism then.
Did they ever have any?"Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law definition.[1][2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious, political, or ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians). Some definitions
Not at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism
At the time when libertarian lunatics figure out how to convince enough people to change the accepted meaning of the word "terrorism"?I mean... you obviously don't like this, and many people agree, on very reasonable grounds. But it just is not terrorism.It's sort of how boiled mushrooms are not "death", even though I have equal affinity to both concepts.
"type of terrorism"what makes your example "terrorism" and not "crime"?
Terrorism is basically "whatever the government at the time doesn't like" anyway
Sure but that’s not ‘terrorism’ under most definitions