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Terrorists are people who instill public fear [of themselves and their present and future actions] as a political tool. Yes, they are "freedom fighters" if you
by waqf 13y ago
Terrorists are people who instill public fear [of themselves and their present and future actions] as a political tool. Yes, they are "freedom fighters" if you find their reasons noble and "terrorists" if you find them ignoble.
But people who aren't in the public fear business at all are objectively not terrorists, and if the government calls them that then they are arbitrarily redefining words, or as we like to say, "lying".
- glenra 13y agoThere is no common objective definition of terrorism. The definition changes all the time. It is arbitrary. And you wouldn't have to tweak, say, the League of Nations definition very much to include Snowden's actions. He is a non-state actor, committed a criminal act, which did have the effect of scaring people, and - the NSA will claim - his actions endangered lives. eg: "Any willful (criminal) act calculated to endanger the lives of members of the public." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_terrorism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_terrorism