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Originally Posted by tk27
What is achieved by calling it terrorism? What is the benefit of doing so?
How do you define terrorism or American security?
Tony Snow just said in press conference that "there is no direct evidence of a foreign terrorist tie." If they are self-starters and did not receive any assistance from the AQAM network, what makes them "terrorists" and Seung-Hui Cho, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold not?
Further, if we are at "war with terror" and if this group is an emergent phenomenon, does this imply anything about our strategy and efforts so far?
Will I call these guys terrorists? Yes, but for lack of a better term, knowing full well the word is malleable and loaded, and accompanied with a host of derogatory terms and explatives.
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So if for "lack of a better term" you'll call it terrorism, then I guess there's not a better term? So the purpose might be to use the word that actually describes the seven guys and their plans to attack innocent people to prove a political point in the name of Islam? Right? I for one am totally awstruck by your sophisticated look at the seemingly simple matter. At the risk of sounding like a simpleton, I might suggest that you're over thinking this just a bit. All of us who fight bad guys (can I call them bad guys?) in the name of freedom (I'm sure I'm going to get another lecture for using the word "freedom" here) really appreciate the lecture on the use of the word "terrorism", and we appreciate you taking the time to set us all straight about just how we should be looking at this "war on terror" that we're fighting.
