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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by ars on Monday January 08, 2024 @07:13PM (#38920487)
No it does not. There's a clear difference. Just because many terrorists evolve to become governments does not make them less of a terrorist at the start.

You can be one thing, then change to another thing. It doesn't rewrite history.

A terrorist intentionally targets civilians, and non-terrorist does not. That's it.

A non-terrorist might kill civilians, but not intentionally.

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by charred_patina on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @02:39PM (#38930862)
> A terrorist intentionally targets civilians, and non-terrorist does not. That's it.

When a leader targets their own people, we don't call them terrorists. My point is that the distinction comes down to whether the state is recognized as legitimate or not, and it's really just arbitrary.

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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by ars on Tuesday January 09, 2024 @04:39PM (#38932498)
> When a leader targets their own people, we don't call them terrorists.

Of course we do, look at what we said about Assad in Syria.

It's not arbitrary at all, people just say that to try to engage in moral relativism. The line as not as fuzzy as you are making it out to be.

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