Jacob Meuser wrote:
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 04:21:03PM -0700, Russ Johnson wrote:
In another useful attempt to produce a definition, Paul Pillar, a former deputy chief of the CIA's Counterterrorist Center, argues that there are four key elements of terrorism:
1. It is premeditated?planned in advance, rather than an impulsive act of rage. 2. It is political?not criminal, like the violence that groups such as the mafia use to get money, but designed to change the existing political order. 3. It is aimed at civilians?not at military targets or combat-ready troops. 4. It is carried out by subnational groups?not by the army of a country.
So... by this definition, the US Army can't commit acts of terrorism.
by this definition, _any_ group not affiliated with a government doing _anything_ to "change the existing political order" is a terrorist.
Voting would not be considered terrorism.
Violence is the key here.
But then, they've just cast our founding fathers as terrorists, haven't they?
-- Russ Johnson Dimension 7/Stargate Online http://www.dimstar.net
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