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the category terrorist is a problem--it entails a view that refuses to think about possible motives, that actions could be understood as political--regardless of how appalling one might find them--once you remove the possibility that these are political acts, then it becomes easy to fill in the blanks with terms like evil.
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That's ludicrous. How is the category 'Terrorist' hard to quantify?
If you help an old lady across the street, are you a terrorist? If you step on an ant are you a terrorist? If you smoke pot are you a terrorist? If you fart in church are you a terrorist? If you shoplift are you a terrorist? If you become a doctor and devote yourself to healing people, are you a terrorist? If you kill a dog are you a terrorist? If you chop someone's dome off on video for political gain are you a terrorist? If you strap plastic explosives on your body and detonate it in on a crowded bus are you a terrorist? If you fly 2 jumbo jets into skyscrapers and kill 3,000 people are you a terrorist?
In the history of humanity, there has been established decent, civil, moral, legal, intelligent, CONSTRUCTIVE ways to voice your discontent without resorting to mindless violence. These modern-day fanatics just don't have the intelligence to solve their problems peacefully, or the balls to stand face to face with real fighting men.
Please tell me more about how terrorists are just poor, misunderstood victims with no other recourse.