On Mon, 25 Oct 2004, James A. Donald wrote: > James A. Donald: > > > Bin Laden's intent was to make anyone in America afraid - > > > thus the use of airliners, rather than truck bombs. > > > McViegh's intent was to make BATF afraid. > > J.A. Terranson: > > This is idiotic. You're claiming that the definition of > > "terrorist" is dependent not on the act, but on why the act > > was committed. > > Analogously, the definition of "murderer" depends on why the > act was committed. > > > So if I was to go out tomorrow and spread 2000 curies of Ci > > into the local subway system "As payback for Ruby Ridge", > > this would not be an act of terrorism? > > That would be terrorism, because regardless of what you *said* > your intent was, you would not be targeting those responsible > for Ruby Ridge.
And if the station I chose just happened to be the one servicing ATF? -- Yours, J.A. Terranson [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0xBD4A95BF "An ill wind is stalking while evil stars whir and all the gold apples go bad to the core" S. Plath, Temper of Time