Cows Look Like Maps@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agoSeveral people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowdwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square58fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down10 cross-posted to: news@beehaw.orgvancouver@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1247arrow-down1external-linkSeveral people killed, others injured after vehicle drives into Vancouver street festival crowdwww.cbc.caCows Look Like Maps@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · edit-25 days agomessage-square58fedilink cross-posted to: news@beehaw.orgvancouver@lemmy.ca
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoThat’s abuse of the term. If you’re attacking a military, you’re not a terrorist. Even if your skin is brown. If you’re attacking women and children intentionally, you’re a terrorist. Even if you’re wearing a State-issued military uniform.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoTerrorism is by definition political. Mass school shootings are rarely political, for example. They are very very scary, but they are not terrorism. When the PLQ killed 8 people, that was terrorism.
minus-squarejagged_circle@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoMass shooting in a school is definitely terrorism wtf
That’s abuse of the term. If you’re attacking a military, you’re not a terrorist. Even if your skin is brown.
If you’re attacking women and children intentionally, you’re a terrorist. Even if you’re wearing a State-issued military uniform.
Terrorism is by definition political. Mass school shootings are rarely political, for example. They are very very scary, but they are not terrorism. When the PLQ killed 8 people, that was terrorism.
Mass shooting in a school is definitely terrorism wtf