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He Was One of a Kind - Tom Petty Dies at 66

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Dangerman10/02/2017 4:14:06 pm PDT

look i have no dog in this fight
its not even as important as pineapple on pizza

i agree that the word has been co-opted and morphed and its meaning continues to change - and there are multiple meanings going on at once

but being ideologically driven, being politically motivated to do something doesnt make it terrorism

(i believe) killing black people in hopes to start a race war isnt terrorism, though it is definitely a political act.

if it doesnt include the extortional threat to a government for some political change then its murder, mayhem, chaos - not terrorism. no matter how much it terrorized the victims, or traumatized the survivors.

for me it’s political change through threatened or real violence against innocents that is the distinction

one can still terrorize people. that doesnt make it terrorism as such. (yeah, reading it back what a stupid sentence it is. and yet here we are)

dinner awaits. a fundamental thing i can relate to today. broiled salmon, glazed carrots, brown rice. any remaining Vicious and dangerous apple strudel for laters.