10-06-2017, 10:40 AM
Generally good points made around here. This thread basically came from an argument me and my wife were having about the Vegas shooting and I didn't see it as terrorism.
She said she sees it as terrorism because he killed and injured so many people. But I would goes as far as to say that terrorism actually doesn't need a body count or anyone injured for that matter in order for the event to be called terrorism. If someone blew up an empty stadium it would still be terrorism if the intention was to send some kind of message, political or otherwise.
I think that's something important to think abour. People often only want to call out terrorism when there's dead bodies on the ground or significant injury, but the truth is attacks without casualties is as much terrorism as attacks with massive casualties and too often emotions can cloud the way people view terrorism.
Which brings up another question. Does anyone believe the Charlottesville car attack was/was not terrorism?
She said she sees it as terrorism because he killed and injured so many people. But I would goes as far as to say that terrorism actually doesn't need a body count or anyone injured for that matter in order for the event to be called terrorism. If someone blew up an empty stadium it would still be terrorism if the intention was to send some kind of message, political or otherwise.
I think that's something important to think abour. People often only want to call out terrorism when there's dead bodies on the ground or significant injury, but the truth is attacks without casualties is as much terrorism as attacks with massive casualties and too often emotions can cloud the way people view terrorism.
Which brings up another question. Does anyone believe the Charlottesville car attack was/was not terrorism?
