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Old 05-11-2008, 11:21 PM
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Re: The Definition of Terrorism

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Originally Posted by The Definition of Terrorism
ter·ror·ism Pronunciation [ter-uh-riz-uhm]
–noun
1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.
3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
Seriously though, I never thought of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks as being ones of terrorism, but as you said, if you look a it as a tactic, they were. Still, if you look at it and consider technicalities, they weren't.

Either way, interesting observation, Mr. Sage. I never thought about it like that. I'll look into it and draw my own conclusions.
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