Re: Amercian Gunman on shooting spree ! No dammit he is a freaking terrorist !
Because their intent when blowing up an abortion clinic is to** intimidate or coerce society or government**. A very important distinction when defining "terrorism" or "terrorist". I apparently didn't make my defintion that must easier since you still don't see that distinction.
Lets compare attack on abortion clinic and church.
Who would attack an abortion clinic.
- A person paid to do this
- A person with strong hatred for that place (personal reason or otherwise)
- A religious fanatic
And a remote possiblility, and highly unlikely that a terrorist orginazation would hire people and train them ask them to carry out such attacks.
The church attack had similar motives. The govt or civil society has more to worry and feel threatened when the source of inspiration is vague. Because they can not possibly guess where the next attack would take place. The civil society (or atleat the people of that town) will constantly live in fear.
This is an outcome of serial, random terrorist attacks. We live in pakistan and we have to live with this fear. Because govt can not contain these random attack on civilians as well as on law enforcement agencies. Similarly, they people in USA would have to live in fear because govt can not restrict the possesion of lethal weapons
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As the previous post suggests, those in power choose the terms. So in the US, homegrown mass murderers are not considered terrorists - just deranged mass murderers. It's still a step above some Muslim countries where terrorists are not called terrorists or even mass murderers - but the polar opposite - martyrs. In Pakistan they wear t-shirts and hang posters of mass murderers. A poll suggests the #1 terrorist is more popular than their dictator. Maybe I'll start a thread to whine about that.
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The irony of a comparision. :) no matter how unpopular the leader might be but i am sure he is still few points above his US counterpart. Also I never saw someone wearing t-shirt , posters of that mass murderer. I suppose you got wrong information there