Dead_Optics t1_iuhoe1o wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:36 PM

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By that definition every country who’s ever waged war are terrorists at which point the term losses it’s meaning.

ChaosDancer t1_iuhu24w wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:25 PM

Ye when the US was bombing Iraq and Afghanistan there were no ideological or political goals present, so i guess the people that died in those places should have been happy they weren't killed by terrorists.

Dead_Optics t1_iuhuqxm wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:30 PM

Sick strawman. The argument I’m making is that terrorism is a fairly specific thing and that by broadening the scope of what makes something terrorism it will lose its meaning.

iglidante t1_iuioixt wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:58 PM

> By that definition every country who’s ever waged war are terrorists at which point the term losses it’s meaning.

I mean, if a country wages an offensive war against another country that hasn't first attacked them or an ally (so, there is no defensive component) - how can you say they are not acting as terrorists? War is fundamentally immoral for most people, barring specific exceptions.