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Holding civilians responsible for the actions of regimes is central to all justification of terrorism. It's a slippery slope, just a heads up.
by stareatgoats 5y ago
Holding civilians responsible for the actions of regimes is central to all justification of terrorism. It's a slippery slope, just a heads up.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> Holding civilians responsible for the actions of regimes is central to all justification of terrorism No, it's not, because most terrorism is, as was the thing for which the name was coined, state terrorism directed at citizens of the state (states who engage in such terrorism tend to prefer to put the focus on other terrorism, of course.) But, even for the kinds of terrorism for which it is true, this part of the rationale is not the problem with terrorism, in the same way that “people are responsible for their own actions” is central to the justification for cruel and unusual punishment for crimes, but is not the problem with that punishment.