how does one define a terrorist?

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I mean it's easy to say a group of people who murder for extreme ideological purposes, but American settlers were called terrorists for fighting for their freedom. Americans have massacred possibly thousands of innocent japanese, koreans, vietnamese, and iraqi CIVILIANS just out of the sheer hatred bred from war. The human rights abuses stacking up from UN "peacekeepers", are these not acts of terrorism? Is the media terroristic because it sells fear through tv airwaves?

It seems to me that terrorist is a word that has no clear definition. I'd be more likely to say that any power extremist, reguardless of religion, ideology, or nation, who advocates killing innocent people, are subject to be called terrorists.

If they oppose me their terrorist.

If they defend me their freedom fighters.

Yeah but lets say they defend you, but they oppose another man, then it's just a point of perspective. Your freedom fighter is his terrorist.

it basically boils down to two things:
1. Who is logically in the right,
2. And what methods or tactics are they using, and are those methods/tactics logically neccessary? Is anyone innocent gonna get hurt?

In america a terrorists is an arab or middle eastern person. Also a muslim.

The nuking Japan was a illegal and therefore a war crime.

Europeans are the original terrorists. Look at their history and it explains why I call Europeans the original terrorists. They killed people based on religious ideology. When they came to america, they intentionally spread small pox to the natives to kill them off.

The UN is a joke.

Edit: don't forget the British. They enjoyed killing people based on the ideology.

I'd prefer just to say extremists who have the ability to do harm are terrorists, no matter of their sub-division. It's not a white, black, brown, arab, asian thing, it's not a christian, muslim, buddhist, jewish, atheist, or pagan thing, it's not an american, european, russian, iranian, egyptian, japanese, chinese thing, it's an extremist thing. Though religions and political ideologies do tend to be brought to the extremes very often.

Any unprovoked violent action committed by a nonnation-state to support a certain ideology. I just made this up on the fly.

Thats my point.



The winner is usually right.

Anyone who opposes my belief is a terrorist

Corvus is a terrorist

Well according to how people run things, yeah the winner is right. But in reality victory doesn't define right or wrong, lets say Hitler won WW2 (alternate reality here), are his actions morally correct JUST because he won?

Actually, I'm shocked I'm saying this headphase, I think you've got the best definition yet

Ask the Cherokee tribe they were treated in a nazi fashion before Hitler was born.

Well actually, why does it HAVE to be committed by a non-nation state? America is a nation state, you wouldn't call the Hiroshima bomb dropping an act of terrorism? Look at how many innocent civilians died because of it.

Dropping the Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a the worst crime against humanity. That is an act of terrorism, Mass Murder of innocent civilians. Specially since dropping the bomb on both those cities was completely unnecessary. It just an act of terrorism to wipe out as much as possible in a single bomb.

Terrorist: An individual, group or nation that causes terror to improve their lot.

George W. Bush, and most US presidents of the 20th century are great examples. As well as Adolf Hitler, Osama Bin Laden, Pol Pot, Tony Blair, Kim Jung Ill, Napoleon, Some Vikings et al.

The A-bombs on Heroshima and Nagasaki are great examples of terrorism, it caused so much terror in the Japanese people and commanders that they gave up.

The Agent Orange and Napalm in vietnam was also great examples of terrorism.

Most countries are afraid (i.e. they are 'terrified') of the US terror (i.e military) machine which is made up of paid terrorists/mercenaries. The US army causes terror/fear in the minds of others by saying 'Do as we say or we'll bomb your ass'. Therefore they are 'terrorists'.

not necessarily so, although generally speaking history is written by the winner.