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I don't see why the Koran (quran, cough cough) should tell you something about terrorism. It is the Muslim's holy book, not the terrorist's holy book. For my d
by LukaAl 10y ago
I don't see why the Koran (quran, cough cough) should tell you something about terrorism. It is the Muslim's holy book, not the terrorist's holy book.
For my discussion, I simply used the Merriam-Webster dictionary[0]. It says "the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion". You are correct, their final objective is not to just scare people but to get something else. But I believe the immediate objective of the terror action is to scare people so to get to their final objective.
[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorism https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terrorism
- logicallee 10y ago>the immediate objective of the terror action is to scare people so to get to their final objective. I would like to understand this train of thinking because I don't see any consequence to scaring people. Online trolls don't accomplish any larger objective, for example. What do terrorists have in mind? I am inclined to just think of them as trolls.
- xj9 10y ago- prod US (and friends) into ongoing military engagements in the middle east - foster Islamophobic sentiments in neighboring regions - destabilize local power structures these people are getting exactly what they want.
- literallycancer 10y agoScared people demand their government does something to address the issue. One of the things the government can do is to give the terrorists what they want. It can work, if other solutions are too costly.[1] 1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_California_medfly_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_California_medfly_attack