08-20-2021, 10:52 AM
(08-20-2021, 09:50 AM)Au165 Wrote: I can go with that, "the domestic terrorist threatened to bomb the capital" is probably more accurate. It is similar to how Al Qaeda often threatened to do more than they did, terrorism is as much about creating fear as it is doing physical harm.
Oh certainly.
But doesn't acting as if there was a bomb help promote that fear even further?
If some guy said he's going to nuke New York but didn't actually have a nuke, but people acted like he did, they're only playing into the terroristic fear that someone was actually going to nuke New York. Someone having a nuke is a lot scarier of a headline than someone just threatening to have a nuke.
(08-20-2021, 10:18 AM)GMDino Wrote: Fair enough. He didn't actually try to set the bomb off and fail he just threatened to set the bomb off.
Now let's talk about WHY he threatened to set a bomb off.
That's my point though. He didn't have a bomb. People are acting like he did.
