Comment on Well, I guess that settles it
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day agoWell then define non-combatants. The person he should was at fault for hundreds of not thousands of deaths. Saying he didn’t personally do them would be like saying a general is not responsible for their troops actions.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 day ago
“a person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian, chaplain, or medical practitioner.”
Sure he was responsible for deaths due to denying health coverage. But he’s still a civilian.
bollybing@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
So is the president, who orders drone strikes on civilians.
MutilationWave@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The president is not a civilian. They are Commander-in-Chief of the combined armed forces.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So it was a civilian on civilian kill. Not a militant group/gang/mercenary.
If the “battle” was pertaining to healthcare denials, he was currently battling and his group took up battle after he was gone.
TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The perpetrator of an act of terrorism isn’t part of the definition. They need not be affiliated with a group or military.
I find it curious how many people on Lemmy were gleefully posting about CEOs and billionaires being scared because of this attack, and then to see push-back about the label of terrorism (where fear is part of the outcome, hence the name).
The saying is “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,” right?
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I get that we aren’t likely to agree. But “my version” of what terrorism… You know because I’m an entitled person who gets to make shit up… but you’ll get what I mean… is to instill fear in the masses by performing an act. When you fly into a building, people say “they could have flown into my building”. When you launch a missile at a housing complex, people think that could have been my housing complex (gave up on quotes). When you blow up a communication device or a car… People think that could have been my car, phone, pager.
When you kill a CEO, no one is worried for their life when they say “that could have been my CEO”. They are more like shit… I wonder if Tim would get that job? Fuck I hope it’s not Pam