(September 18, 2016 at 11:33 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:(September 18, 2016 at 11:16 am)Nymphadora Wrote: That's why I said "not necessarily". Because, technically, there is more than one definition. For the most part, yes, it can be politically motivated, but terrorism can also be religiously motivated, sexually motivated and motivated in other ways.
Essentially, anytime a person or group of persons terrorize others, it is considered terrorism.
That's a bit far-fetched, though. Sexually motivated? No, in my mind it's either got something to do with involving a certain big number of people, a public area, significant damage to property or anything like that. And even then it wouldn't seem right to call it terrorism unless it involved some ideological motivation(like politics, religion and so on). Otherwise it would just be a normal crime/happening. I could instill fear in someone and "terrorize them", but that wouldn't be an act of terrorism, lol.
Then don't come to the US. We've got lots of laws you would argue with, namely the terroristic one I posted here. I don't make the laws, but if they are here, there must be a reason for that.
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