Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 14 days agoCan you explain like I am a child terrorism without the whole good vs evil schtik? My sister in laws kid asked me about it. He is 9.message-squaremessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up122file-text
arrow-up122message-squareCan you explain like I am a child terrorism without the whole good vs evil schtik? My sister in laws kid asked me about it. He is 9.Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkfile-text
I have a problem cause I just want to say one man’s patriot is another’s terrorist or just go look it up.
minus-squareheartSagan5@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoThose seem like legal definitions because at the root of it it’s (IMO) “applying severe fear to coerce someone to act to avoid further acts of severe fear (usually in favor of the fear actor).”
minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoBy that definition, scolding a child who nearly walked into traffic is terrorism.
Those seem like legal definitions because at the root of it it’s (IMO) “applying severe fear to coerce someone to act to avoid further acts of severe fear (usually in favor of the fear actor).”
By that definition, scolding a child who nearly walked into traffic is terrorism.