Jim Naseum Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Three people go to a conference meeting and shoot 14 people to death, then escape in a car. How can that be anything other than terrorism? Why do police keep saying they don't know if they were terrorists? Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 is assassination terrorism? It's all murder in the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Need more background... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 It's similar to the question, "What makes a hate crime?" Hell if I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercedesBerater Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Terrorism is the use of violence, or threat of violence to further a political or religious agenda. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I hate the hate crime concept. Is that a hate crime? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I hate the hate crime concept. Is that a hate crime? Only if you act, and I don't mean Broadway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Fascinating. "Terrorism" comes from the French word terrorisme,[5] and originally referred specifically to state terrorism as practiced by the French government during the 1793–1794 Reign of terror. (Wikipedia) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Matthews Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Terrorism is the use of violence, or threat of violence to further a political or religious agenda. Here's a tidbit. This law has been on the books in Texas for ages. Sec. 22.07. TERRORISTIC THREAT. (a) A person commits an offense if he threatens to commit any offense involving violence to any person or property with intent to: (1) cause a reaction of any type to his threat by an official or volunteer agency organized to deal with emergencies; (2) place any person in fear of imminent serious bodily injury; (3) prevent or interrupt the occupation or use of a building, room, place of assembly, place to which the public has access, place of employment or occupation, aircraft, automobile, or other form of conveyance, or other public place; (4) cause impairment or interruption of public communications, public transportation, public water, gas, or power supply or other public service; (5) place the public or a substantial group of the public in fear of serious bodily injury; or (6) influence the conduct or activities of a branch or agency of the federal government, the state, or a political subdivision of the state. You just have to love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I hate the hate crime concept. Is that a hate crime? Only if you act, and I don't mean Broadway. So by acting to end hate crime legislation in favor of crime legislation, I commit a hate crime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 I hate the hate crime concept. Is that a hate crime? Only if you act, and I don't mean Broadway. So by acting to end hate crime legislation in favor of crime legislation, I commit a hate crime? Hating isn't a crime, but "acts" of hate can be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akdave Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. You're a hate criminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungkiman Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. That's just common sense. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. You're a hate criminal. Along with the rest of Raider Nation. Yeah well... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. Aww, come on, even now that they have Brock the Jock? Can't you even give them a slight pass since they beat the scummy Pats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Ok. I feel better now. Because I hate the Broncos. Aww, come on, even now that they have Brock the Jock? Can't you even give them a slight pass since they beat the scummy Pats? Dude. That's a lot harder than it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyrc Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 Terrorism is the use of violence, or threat of violence to further a political or religious agenda. I think that's correct, providing by violence, you mean interpersonal violence. I wouldn't consider damage to property terrorism, as in the instance when the kid was charged with terrorism when he blew up someone's mailbox, or when someone takes a sledge hammer to an unoccupied car. That's vandalism, even when it is done to further a political or religious agenda. To be terrorism it has to inspire terror relative to loss or injury of human beings, not material loss. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Naseum Posted December 3, 2015 Author Share Posted December 3, 2015 Terrorism is the use of violence, or threat of violence to further a political or religious agenda.I think the combination of religious with political, pretty much covers "any philosophical agenda." For example, we had Eco terrorists in the 80s. The FBI says this: https://m.fbi.gov/#https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/terrorism/terrorism-definition Sent from my SM-T330NU using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxJPMxx Posted December 3, 2015 Share Posted December 3, 2015 So under "domestic terrorism" "Involve acts dangerous to human life that violate federal or state law" So people texting while driving at the same time are terrorists? (in my state anyway) How about drinking and driving? All terrorists I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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