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shoodboi2:
Good. But your definition is vague, open to multiple interpretations, and excludes states from being categorized as state sponsors of terrorism.

Firstly, are you implying that violence and intimidation meted against civilians for political purposes only qualifies as terrorism when it is unlawful. Are you saying such violence is not terrorism when it is lawful?

I should add that most countries do not have any law against their governments using violence against their own population or even foreign populations (whether for political aims or not). So, your definition also clearly excludes states from being perpetrators of terror activities, whether within their own state or in foreign states.

Secondly, your definition also does not capture multiple events that constitute unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

Let me use two examples from Nigeria as examples so you can relate with them:

The first is MEND aka Niger Delta militants. They were not considered terrorists even though they primarily used unlawful violence against civilians in pursuit for political aims. They killed soldiers at intervals but that was when the soldiers came after them or were guarding facilities they were attacking.

Their primary targets were civilians, especially oil workers who they often kidnapped or killed. Let us also not forget that this same MEND popularized car bombing in Nigeria, particularly in the late 2000s, until Boko Haram took their place. But no one calls them terrorists despite what they did.

The second is the October 1993 hijacking of a Nigeria Airways flight by four men from the Movement for the Advancement of Democracy. They seized an airplane filled with passengers, flying from Lagos to Abuja and diverted it to Niamey, Niger where they called for Sani Abacha to resign and return to democratic rule.

The men were arrested after Nigerien troops stormed the plane and their actions clearly qualify as terrorist according to your definition, but no one calls them such.

(There are other foreign groups but I deliberately used Nigeria since I believe you should know about them and can better relate with them.)

Then let me make a final example of a foreign group that was labelled a terror group even though it does not meet your definition.

That is the Irish Republican Army. They wanted to end British rule in Northern Ireland and unite it with Ireland. The UK categorized them as terrorists even though they primarily used unlawful violence against the British military, police, and paramilitary rather than civilians.

IMEI:
What's the point of arguing with people who'll never concede to superior arguments? Unless you enjoy endless (read pointless) engagements

🤷🏾‍♂️

Obedience40:
Gbadebo19 and usmanpogo were having a good conversation, devoid of insult, a proper discuss, before you interpose with your needless scribbles, nobody asked for your opinion man, and besides who made you of all people the arbiter in the thread? What gives you the impression that you possess the perspicacity to determine what is superior or not?? Will you stop interjecting yourself into discuss way above your paygrade

What a cliche coming from the same person, who later went and have a lengthy spree with the same people who he tags as never conceding to "superior" arguments.

seunny4lif:
Donald Trump on Putin's response to his threats of 10 days:
"I haven't gotten any response from Putin.
It's a disgrace."

Donald Trump doesn't understand that Putin is not Kier Starmer, Mark Rutte
...Is he perhaps waiting for Vladimir Putin to fall at his feet with an apology?

seunny4lif:
Donald Trump on Putin's response to his threats of 10 days:
"I haven't gotten any response from Putin.
It's a disgrace."

Donald Trump doesn't understand that Putin is not Kier Starmer, Mark Rutte
...Is he perhaps waiting for Vladimir Putin to fall at his feet with an apology?

Gbadebo19:
5 hours ago: An 8.7 magnitude earthquake just occurred off the Pacific coast of Russia, just 80 miles to the east of the Russian Navy's strategic Rybachiy submarine base.

Tsunami warnings have been issued for the area, with heavy shaking and damage already reported by locals.

The people that praise Writterng for covering so called "both sides", I wonder how they will be feeling by now.

Trump says he will allow Ukrainian refugees to stay in the US until the end of the war.pic.twitter.com/FoIykfKOAN

— Clash Report (@clashreport) July 30, 2025

WATCH: LAPD helicopter uses loudspeaker to ask everyone to move to higher ground due to possible tsunami wave at 1 a.m. PT.pic.twitter.com/XjN99GCOEs

— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) July 30, 2025

Hoaxen:
How does you saying "Not everyone has a sharp wit and intellect, but with the way you easily understood my post" mean anything other than only those as"intelligent" as you can understand your post?
Are you trying to change the meaning of words of the English language?

You say you don't try to "indoctrinate" then proceeds to call anything that doesn't fit well with your propaganda "false opinions". And call those who are not easily brainwashed by your "opinions" fools.

The arguments put forward by usman is exactly the same arguments echoed by pro Hamas and pro Russia keyboard warriors here. Suddenly you are trying to pretend as if what he was saying is completely different from what you guys have been saying here since. And you called those exact same arguments that we know as propaganda, "superior".

You just went round in a circle and returned back to were we started. It's funny how you denied the meaning of words.
You should invent your own version of English language so that whenever you are caught making implicating statements, you can claim that you were not speaking conventional English and that instead, you were speaking a new version of English that you invented.

You have a new defensive claim for your propaganda machine. Congrats 👏👏👏

WritterNg:
Imagine a grown man celebrating a natural disaster that occurs on every continent except maybe Africa. Just because it's Russia.

WritterNg:
Shortlived celebration.

The tsunami has already hit 🇺🇸 Hawaii, Alaska and Japan. And after tsunamis, earthquakes usually comes next.

Imagine a grown man celebrating a natural disaster that occurs on every continent except maybe Africa. Just because it's Russia.

Well news flash, it also hit the US.

I've even lost count the number of earthquakes that have struck U.S mainland this year alone.

Gbadebo19:
The irony. Imagine this coming from someone who has a reputation for scavenging hundreds of websites for plane crashes and wildfires in USA. 😂 😂😂😂
And for your info,we know it hit Japan, US, Hawaii etc...

Doesn't change the fact that Russia was the worst hit!!!!!

WritterNg:
⚡Trump:

Melania likes Putin. We know him. I get along with him very well.

WritterNg:
⚡Another CEO Killed in New York Shooting.

WritterNg:
⚡Around 20 minutes ago, an Iskander-M ballistic missile struck an AFU training ground near Goncharivske, Chernihiv Oblast.

An Orlan-10 recon drone adjusted the strike.

WritterNg:
⚡Trump:

Putin wants to keep the war going. Our tariffs may or may not affect them.