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> This word terrorist needs to just go away. Call them criminals. Terrorists are criminals whose main motivation is political. The main motivation of other cri
by robotresearcher 10y ago
> This word terrorist needs to just go away. Call them criminals.
Terrorists are criminals whose main motivation is political. The main motivation of other criminals is not. One term is more specific, so they are not interchangeable, and the term terrorist carries useful information when used properly.
Of course, diseases are not politically motivated, so that analogy is not great.
- abecedarius 10y agoSo Henry Thoreau and Richard Nixon were terrorists? I'd really prefer more specific (and disrespectful) terms like "violent troll". "Terrorist" helps feed the phenomenon it's naming.
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- GrinningFool 10y agoI've often wondered what effect it would have if the media universally started referring to "suicide bombers" as "mentally imbalanced religious fanatics".
- proksoup 10y agoLike a world without lawyers, one shudders at the impossible dream. http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/9/9b/Best-simpsons-gifs-world-without-lawyers.gif/revision/latest?cb=20130920112217 http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/9/9b/Bes... Can you imagine?
- jacobush 10y agoSome suicide bombers are children, coerced or fooled into it. "Go stand there in the crowd. Your parents will be proud. If you dont, something very unfortunate might happen to your little sibling."