10-09-2023, 08:55 PM
(10-09-2023, 08:51 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Militant is an accurate word choice. Calling a militant a terrorist is making a value/judgement statement about the individuals involved and moves the tone of the article from hard news into opinion.
You say some of the most ridiculous things
Quote:ter·ror·ist
/ˈterərəst/
noun
- a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Here's a better definition as provided by the UN...
Quote:https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/terrorism#:~:text=criminal%20acts%2C%20including%20against%20civilians,a%20government%20or%20an%20international
- Resolution 1566 (2004) adopted by the Security Council of the United Nations: “…criminal acts, including against civilians, committed with the intent to cause death or serious bodily injury, or taking of hostages, with the purpose to provoke a state of terror in the general public or in a group of persons or particular persons, intimidate a population or compel a government or an international organization to do or to abstain from doing any act, which constitute offences within the scope of and as defined in the international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, are under no circumstances justifiable by considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other similar nature…”
