• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      It can be - depends on the motive. The word ‘terrorism’ stirs up some pretty extreme imagery, but it doesn’t actually take much to meet the description.

      If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart just for shits and giggles, I’ve just committed vandalism.

      If I stick a knife into a bag of potato chips on the shelf of a Walmart because I don’t like that Walmart drives local shops out of business, I’ve just committed terrorism.

      Luigi committed terrorism. Don’t conflate that with ‘Luigi is bad’ - he’s a fucking hero, and we desperately need more people like him.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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        No he didn’t. He wasn’t attempting to influence policy, or terrorize the institutions. He was exacting revenge against the person he felt was most responsible for suffering. That’s not terrorism, that’s murder.

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          False. You can only commit murder against a human being. And Thompson surrendered his humanity a long time ago. If what Luigi did was murder, so was what Seal Team Six did.