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Terrorist!

facetious said:
I'm a forum terrorist.
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we need more of those; to liven up the place.

anyways when i was little i used to think terrorist and tourist were the same thing @_@
 
Wow, someone made a thread to answer one of my standard annoying definitional questions.

I personally don't really have a definition of terrorism I use, I asked that question just because the different perceptions of terrorism between different people was bugging me on that thread (which thankfully is now closed). Maybe I won't supply my own definition yet... and just watch and help you guys. Anyway, the first chip I'll throw in is that the best definition for this should be made neutrally. By this I mean, refrain from saying "zOMg t3H U.. S. ov A izzz not tewwwawist!". If by the definition the United States is terrorist it is. Try not to let emotions flow in. Secondly I would be inclined to think the "use of fear" is far too broad. If so, we are almost all terrorists. Politicians using scare tactics, even us now telling children not to do certain things using fear as the method. Violence narrows it down a little, but again you could then conclude that all war is terrorism (since it's a very frequently used tactic). More precisely; the entire criminal justice system is composed of terrorists! While this may be true, it's not the best definition in our contexts (I can define a terrorist as a big red ball, but that doesn't mean it's a good definition in the context of society). So, can we narrow it down even further?
 
Terrorist = anybody whose main objective is causing fear, harm, or unrest.

A quick run through the "Panda Brand Definition Machine" and...

Terrorist = any body or group using extremist tactics intended to cause lasting environmental, ideological, or political damage or unrest.

How's that? Do we need a second cycle in the machine?
 
Cryptozoologist said:
Terrorism is the act of George Bush being elected president.
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I'm tempted to sig this...

chuboy said:
Well, I'll be waiting for the USA to come and declare war on Australia then, since we have troops disturbing the peace in Iraq and all...

(the joke being, of course, that we were asked to go)
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Same with Canada, but we're just there to "help out our neighbor". Not sure if that's a good thing. Thankfully, it seems people realize this. We help, but get nothing in return. What a jip.

Conquistador said:
Are they really not?
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At least to George Bush. Or, in those jokes about him anyways.

~C_L~
 
chuboy said:
Now you have to define extremist and lasting :D
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Good grief! I hadn't thought of that. Wait- this could go on forever... Maybe I could get some help defining extremist and lasting?
 
chuboy said:
Well, I'll be waiting for the USA to come and declare war on Australia then, since we have troops disturbing the peace in Iraq and all...

(the joke being, of course, that we were asked to go)
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I take it you never played GTA Vice City, if you had you would already know about the great Australia/American war! Damn Kangaroo Suicide Bombers... ;.;
 
A Terrorist is someone who continuously causes trouble for other people usually for no reason. An example is how those Muslim people blew up an aeroplane for absolutely no reason.
 
You should really be reading the rules before heading to the Debate forum. Just a heads up. You get an infraction there for citing Wikipedia as a source. With good reason, too.
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i didn't knew that, i'm not much active in the debate forums so i never had a reason to read it, i'll bear it in mind Conquistador.
 
Profesco said:
Terrorist = any body or group using extremist tactics intended to cause lasting environmental, ideological, or political damage or unrest.

How's that? Do we need a second cycle in the machine?
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First your definition requires a definition of extremism. Secondly, again while it's been narrowed down it's still broad (probably due to the ambiguity in "extremism".

Mangaeyes said:
A Terrorist is someone who continuously causes trouble for other people usually for no reason. An example is how those Muslim people blew up an aeroplane for absolutely no reason.
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In the eyes of a terrorist they had perfectly good reasons to drive planes into the World Trade Centre. And in their eyes we didn't have reason to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.
 
mangaeyes said:
A Terrorist is someone who continuously causes trouble for other people usually for no reason. An example is how those Muslim people blew up an aeroplane for absolutely no reason.
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It wasn't a random attack. The stated reason was U.S support for Israel, and, more broadly, increased American military involvement in the Middle East. Terrorism rarely has no reason; its usually a performed in hopes of achieving some sort of ideological goal
 
intergalactic platypus said:
It wasn't a random attack. The stated reason was U.S support for Israel, and, more broadly, increased American military involvement in the Middle East. Terrorism rarely has no reason; its usually a performed in hopes of achieving some sort of ideological goal
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Well, while it may not have been a "goal" persay, they accomplish in forcing America to be even more paranoid than it already was, in the sense that the whole "security" acts have been cranked up considerably. Which only proves that the U.S. has some very weird politics. Hence why politics is something I really don't like.

~C_L~
 
The_Panda said:
First your definition requires a definition of extremism. Secondly, again while it's been narrowed down it's still broad (probably due to the ambiguity in "extremism".



In the eyes of a terrorist they had perfectly good reasons to drive planes into the World Trade Centre. And in their eyes we didn't have reason to invade Iraq and Afghanistan.
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I don't give a damn about what they saw it as, or anything for that matter. :)

Moral relativism = PHAIL
 
terrorism is a violent attack with political reasons
 
Yellow Torterra said:
terrorism is a violent attack with political reasons
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This same definition could be applied to a resistance fighter or a soldier, so is it completely wrong or is there some truth in it - is terrorist/resistance fighter just a matter of perspective? 'Terrorist is just what the big country calls the little country' is something I read somewhere.
As a side note, I'm very happy that this thread blossomed from simply being people pasting dictionary definitions.
 
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