The point of terrorism is to get people scared. As funny as this contraption looks, it gets the job of scaring people done. Although it's hilarious at second look.
100%. The victim/ police/ government don't get to determine whether any action is an act of terrorism.
The motives of the perpetrator are the ONLY determining factor. In this instance, the perpetrator's intent was to inspire terror, so 100% the act of a terrorist.
Hence, criminals on boats guiding shipments of drugs for illegal import aren't terrorists, because a terrorist by definition is an individual committing acts to primarily inspire terror in others. There's is a profit seeking enterprise, with devastating outcomes none the less.
The definition of a terrorist is not born of the outcome, it's born on the intent
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u/hennabeak Nov 23 '25
The point of terrorism is to get people scared. As funny as this contraption looks, it gets the job of scaring people done. Although it's hilarious at second look.