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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Bill who wrote (38633)7/29/2005 10:55:04 AM
From: epicure  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
"One component of terrorism is violence or serious threat of violence targeted at innocent unarmed random citizens.

Dumping tea into the ocean doesn't qualify as terrorism, not does inflicting harm on selected government officials."

I disagree on this point about selected government officials most strongly, and on the property point as well, depending on the circumstances- although I do agree you can make a good argument for vandalism in some cases- but I disagree that there is not some argument that can be made for terrorism.

edit- and I don't think there is any requirement that the targets need be random. Some definitions include only civilians, but not all definitions.

ter·ror·ism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-rzm)
n.
The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence by a person or an organized group against people or property with the intention of intimidating or coercing societies or governments, often for ideological or political reasons.
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