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> Putin has gotten away with the occasional assassination of Russians on foreign soil, with innocents as collateral damage, if he steps that up to a targeted as

> Putin has gotten away with the occasional assassination of Russians on foreign soil, with innocents as collateral damage, if he steps that up to a targeted assassination campaign of Western citizens then that would be a serious miscalculation on his part. On the other hand, targeting nobodies abroad would be a highly-effective form of stochastic terrorism inflicted with the unpredictability and resources of a state-sponsored serial killer. Anybody attempting attribution would be dismissed as crazy.

greggarious 4y ago
>> Putin has gotten away with the occasional assassination of Russians on foreign soil, with innocents as collateral damage, if he steps that up to a targeted assassination campaign of Western citizens then that would be a serious miscalculation on his part. >On the other hand, targeting nobodies abroad would be a highly-effective form of stochastic terrorism I don't think that word means what you think it means. Stochastic terrorism is "The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random."[1] What you're describing -- "murdering nobodies" is just run of the mill terrorism[2] where I'm from[3]. >§ 2717. Terrorism. >(a) General rule.--A person is guilty of terrorism if he commits a violent offense intending to do any of the following: >(1) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population. >(2) Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion.= >(3) Affect the conduct of a government. Be more careful with your language, words have immense power. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism [2] https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.027..HTM https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.027..H... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl3jK8NCLFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl3jK8NCLFc

greggarious 4y ago

>> Putin has gotten away with the occasional assassination of Russians on foreign soil, with innocents as collateral damage, if he steps that up to a targeted assassination campaign of Western citizens then that would be a serious miscalculation on his part. >On the other hand, targeting nobodies abroad would be a highly-effective form of stochastic terrorism I don't think that word means what you think it means. Stochastic terrorism is "The use of mass public communication, usually against a particular individual or group, which incites or inspires acts of terrorism which are statistically probable but happen seemingly at random."[1] What you're describing -- "murdering nobodies" is just run of the mill terrorism[2] where I'm from[3]. >§ 2717. Terrorism. >(a) General rule.--A person is guilty of terrorism if he commits a violent offense intending to do any of the following: >(1) Intimidate or coerce a civilian population. >(2) Influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion.= >(3) Affect the conduct of a government. Be more careful with your language, words have immense power. [1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stochastic_terrorism [2] https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.027..HTM https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/18/00.027..H... [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl3jK8NCLFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl3jK8NCLFc