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Originally Posted by kahljorn
equivocation. the word terrorism doesn't necessarily mean any act which creates chaos/terror.
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Not any act, no, because most violent acts do cause terror. But an act with the explicit aim of causing terror? Why not?
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Then he's just a jerk? and not a terrorist.
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Right, so he plants a bomb/blows himself up, destroys a hospital, kills innocent children and sick people, all in the name of causing terror.... and you don't think that counts as terrorism?
Again, I think you guys are being too tight with your definition. It has to be a non-state actor, acting against non-combatants with the express aim of coercing change... but if you do it for sheer terror sake, rather than change, well I guess you suddenly fall out of the category.