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Stochastic Terrorism – A game of rhetorical asymmetry
- vonb 4y agoThe irony is that accusing your political opponents of stochastic terrorism is, by its definition, also a form of stochastic terrorism. Someone goes on the attack? Well, they were just defending others from terrorism.
- 082349872349872 4y agoNot exactly: we (well, not me, others among you all) can argue about where the line lies between a general accusation of conducting stochastic terrorism and a specific accusation (will no one rid me of this turbulent priest) concerning specific targets and locations. It may not be a bright line, it may rest on judgement, but I doubt anyone will convincingly argue that there is no such line.
- 082349872349872 4y agoOf course, the culpability in acts of stochastic terrorism is measured as so many milli-Henry.