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Re:US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terror by x5n1 on Friday May 29, 2015 @01:13PM (#9625852)
It used to be a political tool for furthering potentially legitimate political or ideological interests. These days it has been corrupted to further illegitimate, religious interests. That's out of bounds. So let's make a rule to only use it in cases where it applies to illegitimate political and ideological interests. Otherwise, let's call them potential freedom fighters, depending on outcome.
Re:US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terror by meepmorp on Friday May 29, 2015 @01:24PM (#9625939)
> It used to be a political tool for furthering potentially legitimate political or ideological interests.

By "it," I assume you mean terrorism, as a tactic.

> These days it has been corrupted to further illegitimate, religious interests. That's out of bounds.

Why? What's specifically out of bounds about religiously inspired terrorism, but acceptable about purely political and/or ideological terrorism? And where does the boundary get drawn - Northern Ireland, for example, has had no small amount of trouble with terrorism where the political and religious motives are inextricably linked.

> So let's make a rule to only use it in cases where it applies to illegitimate political and ideological interests. Otherwise, let's call them potential freedom fighters, depending on outcome.

Or perhaps your post was merely sarcasm.

Re:US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terror by pekk on Friday May 29, 2015 @01:32PM (#9626017)
Calling something terrorism never implied favorably that the interest was legitimate, so it isn't a corruption to apply it to hated groups like ISIS, it's just a description. The phrase "freedom fighter" has never been usable in an objective way.
Re:US removes Cuba from list of state sponsors of terror by netcan on Friday May 29, 2015 @01:21PM (#9625910)
Lets not use it at all. Lets call them enemies. ISIS are an enemy, that's unambiguous. They would not dispute it.

I'm not saying lets not apply moral judgement. Call them assholes, brutes, whatever.