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Well, there's a conspicuously unoccupied middle ground between the two, but if the terrorist's goal is only to inflict harm, without necessarily revealing the r
by a1369209993 6y ago
Well, there's a conspicuously unoccupied middle ground between the two, but if the terrorist's goal is only to inflict harm, without necessarily revealing the reason or taking credit, they would presumably prefer their actions to look like a natural disaster, riot, (industrial/medical/etc) accident, forest fire, or other non-deliberate and/or non-planned event.
- goto11 6y agoThat is not terrorism though. The point of terrorism is to achieve political goals by spreading fear.
- a1369209993 6y agoThat's true by definition, sure, but that's not how governments actually use the word.
- Teever 6y agoHow would causing a riot not achieve political goals by spreading fear?