Ilovethebomb
@Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
- Comment on Me when I hear about Elon Musk 1 day ago:
Lemmy loves to hate the guy, don’t they?
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
It’s usually applied to a non state actor, not a government.
The sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, for example, isn’t generally considered a terrorist attack.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
The definition of terrorism doesn’t say you need to terrify people at all.
Besides, there’s been a lot of acts that are generally agreed to be terrorist acts, that have targeted a very small group of people, such as a religious group, or even one specific individual. The IRA’s famous reply to Margaret Thatcher comes to mind.
It seems his goal was to terrify one small group of people, namely senior people in the healthcare industry, and I think that counts.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
Potentially, but I think that’s true of most terrorists.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
It’s pretty much always meant violence for an ideology or cause. And the political motivation is very much what makes the difference.
Words do have definitions.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
From what the manifesto found on him allegedly said, it sounds like his actions were politically motivated. And violence in pursuit of a political goal is kinda the definition of terrorism.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
I suggest you actually check the definition of terrorism, Capone wasn’t motivated by political ideals, he was motivated by good old fashioned greed.
- Comment on Well, I guess that settles it 1 day ago:
Those tend to be a personal grudge, not a political statement.
- Comment on How many more flatearthers? 2 days ago:
The fact you don’t know something doesn’t make you stupid, it just means nobody has ever taught you about it.
Carbon monoxide isn’t something people can just inherently know.
- Comment on Anyone notice how Brian Thompson dies and suddenly aliens start attacking? 2 days ago:
People are getting hysterical about drones, most of which have been revealed to actually be manned aircraft.
- Comment on Anyone notice how Brian Thompson dies and suddenly aliens start attacking? 2 days ago:
A bit more than a laptop involved, but that’s embarrassing to say the least.
- Comment on Pretty interesting when you really think about it. 3 days ago:
I’m not Christian, haven’t seen the show, and still think he’s a pompous ass.
- Comment on Relevant advertising 🤪 3 days ago:
the point is a lighter sentence
Didn’t work for the example above, did it?
- Comment on Pretty interesting when you really think about it. 3 days ago:
This dude really is a pompous ass sometimes.
- Comment on Relevant advertising 🤪 4 days ago:
It would be a difficult argument to make if you ran them over on the sidewalk though.
It’s not the weapon, it’s the plausible deniability.
- Comment on Relevant advertising 🤪 4 days ago:
My point is, you don’t get away with killing someone just because you used a car to do so, and I think that proves my point.
Feel free to come up with some evidence of your own.
- Comment on Relevant advertising 🤪 4 days ago:
en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Charlottesville_car_attack
Life without the possibility of parole. They’re full of shit, if you do it deliberately it’s no different to any other weapon.
- Comment on and we thought our thing with beans was bad 4 days ago:
Both of those people are morons. One for making the argument, the other for engaging in the argument.
- Comment on Anon is a white hat hacker 5 days ago:
And the company doesn’t ask for references, or proof of what was done?
- Comment on He was pretty awful too, you know. 5 days ago:
That sounds exhausting.
- Comment on He was pretty awful too, you know. 5 days ago:
I really wonder how people like you get through life, is every purchase a moral dilemma?
Every German company made things for the Nazis, they were a total war economy, and Henry Ford is long dead.
- Comment on Looking for answers 5 days ago:
Is there any violent revolution in history for which genuine peace followed in the immediate aftermath?
Most of them, depending on your definition of immediate.
- Comment on Looking for answers 5 days ago:
The USA would still be a colony of Britain if it wasn’t for a violent revolution.
- Comment on The torque better not be too strong with this one 6 days ago:
Yes, the head is visually distinctive from Phillips, with four smaller cuts in between the main ones.
- Comment on Happy birthday, peon 6 days ago:
I’ve never really given much of a shit personally.
- Comment on Anon watches Truman 6 days ago:
Yeah, he’s aware something is up for the whole movie, and multiple attempts to leave are thwarted.
- Comment on Even the traffic signs are weighing in 1 week ago:
World has been getting a lot of flak lately over taking down content advocating for violence against the ruling class. I’m surprised this has stayed up.
- Comment on Even the traffic signs are weighing in 1 week ago:
How long do we think this will stay up?
- Comment on How do I win a fight with a lion? 1 week ago:
With a gun, the larger the calibre the better.
- Comment on Iraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway. 1 week ago:
I don’t think John F Kennedy said that.