Re:What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
by barry-cotter on Sunday November 26, 2017 @11:56PM
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It’s not terrorism if a government does it openly. It was a breach of international law but to call an attack by one nation’s military on another’s terrorism is well outside any non propagandistic usage.
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So you are saying that governments can not be terrorists (as long as they are open about it)?
Funny definition is that.
So, how do you call acts of agression performed by governments against non combatants?
Since the only reason not to call them terrorism is to paint (your?) government actions with a nicer brush, I assume you call those acts "liberation events"
> So, how do you call acts of agression performed by governments against non combatants?
War crimes.
The reason not to call it terrorism is because that is not what the word means. If a sovereign nation formally declares war to another, any action covered by international convention is classified seperately from "civil" or militant violence.
Fair enough!
Re:What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
by barry-cotter on Monday November 27, 2017 @04:25AM
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If you want to learn more about international humanitarian law there’s an excellent MOOC from UC Louvain on EdX.
https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:LouvainX+Louv16x+1...
Re:What Bikini Atoll Looks Like Today
by timthelion on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:03AM
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Is there any non propogandistic use of the word "terrorism"?