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Genuine question: if the motivation for this bombing was not political or ideological, what was it then?
by misja 7y ago
Genuine question: if the motivation for this bombing was not political or ideological, what was it then?
- lopmotr 7y agoI think terrorism is killing random members of a population to scare the others into some political or ideological change. It wouldn't count if it was targeted at fighters and civilians got killed by accident.
- misja 7y agoThat sounds like a reasonable definition. But how would this definition qualify the Taliban attacks on military bases and police stations in Afghanistan?
- klagermkii 7y agoI think one would need to put something like that as a guerrilla war. There needs to be a distinction between: * attacking civilians (terrorism) * attacking The System, but going for softer targets and not taking its military might directly head on (guerilla war) * attacking The System, in a Military v Military setting (regular warfare) While there are groups that will never have the direct strength to take a head on fight, I think it's beneficial to have a category showing that they limit their targets to agents of the system rather than any random civilian.
- yakshaving_jgt 7y agoIt was an accident.