How do you define terrorism?

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

I'm reading a book in my college English class called "Rereading America" (horrible liberal book, don't waste your time). So we are talking about patriotism, terrorism, etc. The following case was brought up.

The United States was attacked on September 11th. These were acts of terrorism, pending you aren't some conspiracy theorist, so please work with me here.

This authors (Mark Hertsgaard) definition of terrorism is "Targeting innocent civilians to advance a political or military agenda."

SO, was the US attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki(sp?) with the atomic bombs acts of terrorism? By his definition, yes. By mine, no. They didn't do it out of an act of hatred, BUT we did put the Japs in concentration camps during WWII. I'm not sure how to plead my case ny giving an alternate definition of terrorism.

help? thoughts?

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[Cravingbass123]

rashaad or whateva his name is

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

rashaad or whateva his name is

oh i'm sure he will be here soon enough. I'm actually very interested to hear what he has to say. I've been trying to be more open lately. But i can't wrap my head around this one.

 

[blackman 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif terrorism = N*GGER trying to steal my T.V. or system

terrorism also = what i do to n*ggers who try to steal my stuff.

 

[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

anything that causes terror among people

 

[Cravingbass123]

i've just seen a few people on here calling him a muslim terrorist, so i figured i'd throw his name out there lol

i think terrorism is random acts of killing, as in you kill for some radical reason and dont actually know who you are harming

btw if you think hiroshima and nagasaki wasn't terrorism, what do you think it should be categorized as???????????

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

arabs

 

[fasfocus00 5,000+ posts]

terrorism is an act against some based only of the intent to do harm to ppl b/c of a moral or ethnic reason. the bombs on Japan were done during war time. movements by groups like Al-Queda and New Black Panthers inflict harm and death on those b/c they disagree with what they think is right. bombs like the ones dropped on Japan is like going for a hail mary on the 50 yard line with 2 seconds left and it's the end of the 4 th quarter. terrorism is like biting and eye gouging your opponent just b/c they are on another team.

 

[vgeek 10+ year member]

arabs

That's racist. You can't say that one race of people are responsible for all terrorism.

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

terrorism is an act against some based only of the intent to do harm to ppl b/c of a moral or ethnic reason. the bombs on Japan were done during war time. movements by groups like Al-Queda and New Black Panthers inflict harm and death on those b/c they disagree with what they think is right. bombs like the ones dropped on Japan is like going for a hail mary on the 50 yard line with 2 seconds left and it's the end of the 4 th quarter. terrorism is like biting and eye gouging your opponent just b/c they are on another team.

i like this one.

 

[99grandprixGT 5,000+ posts]

That's racist. You can't say that one race of people are responsible for all terrorism. You should know that its the Muslims who are the ones causing all of the trouble.

im kidding. i knew someone would say it. so might as well get it out there.

 

[duece212 5,000+ posts]

"Targeting innocent civilians to advance a political or military agenda."

Al Gore, global warming

 

[bunkerking09 10+ year member]

i've just seen a few people on here calling him a muslim terrorist, so i figured i'd throw his name out there lol

i think terrorism is random acts of killing, as in you kill for some radical reason and dont actually know who you are harming

btw if you think hiroshima and nagasaki wasn't terrorism, what do you think it should be categorized as???????????

but terrorism isn't random, its very well planned out.

 

[Cravingbass123]

but terrorism isn't random, its very well planned out.

i meant random as in the people who inflict the terrorism dont know who the people are that they are harming.

exactly the opposite of an assassination

hmmmmmmmm you making me think of this shit now lol

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

we were in a state of war