Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by throwaway316943 on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @08:08PM
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That’s a bit loose. Terrorism aims to inspire terror, those violent acts have to be extreme and indiscriminate to do so.
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Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by missedthecue on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @02:33AM
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That seems like the loose understanding between the two. Were the 1944 USAAF bombings of Krupp Stahl works terrorism? They would be according to your understanding.
Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by esperent on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @10:25PM
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For example, missiles from unmanned drones hitting civilian targets like schools and hospitals.
Note the statistics here [0] - of course the numbers are very fuzzy but at the worst case scenario it's 1:2.5 civilians: military targets. So for every 2.5 military targets, 1 civilian. That fits the bill for extreme and indiscriminate.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
Re:Capitol Attack Was Months in the Making on Facebook
by jlawson on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @11:19PM
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Hitting is not the same as targeting, so no.
Also, one needs to indicate the difference between e.g. a hospital building acting as nothing but a hospital, and one that has been evacuated of patients and used as a militant staging post.