Talk:Domestic terrorism/Archive 1
Moved here from article:
Also, one could label as "Domestic Terrorism" any act committed by anyone towards innocent and respectable citizens of our Country, with the sole purpose of destroying the socio-economic existance of those being attacked, only to benefit the agressor perpetrator in his quest of wealth, professional and social status. A perfect example could be that of an unethical attorney who buys out the legal outcome of a legal battle through even more unethical Judges, when knowingly they both support the guilty wrongdoer.
I think that this is making the definition of "terrorism" way too broad, diluting the term so much that it loses all meaning; by this definition practically _any_ criminal is a terrorist. -Bryan Derksen
The inclusion of Boston Tea Party as a historical example serves to illustrate the point made later in the article that actions considered in their day to be terrorism may in fact be acts of Politically motivated violence. To exclude this example would bias the article in favor of the viewpoint of the established order of the period under discussion.
Was the sarin gas attack performed by japanese individuals? if not then it does not qualify as domestic terrorism, I was under the impression (perhaps mistaken) that it was committed by foreigners to that country.
"Domestic terrorism is generally unexpected: when a terrorist attack occurs often the first reaction is to presume that it was committed by foreigners."
Is this true? It may have been the case in the Oklahoma bombings, but is it generally the case worldwide? I'd say most states with ongoing terrorism problems are being attacked by domestic opposition or independence movements. ETA, the Khmer Rouge, the IRA (who are (mostly) based in Northern Ireland, hence domestic to the United Kingdom), FARC, etc.
"commission of terrorist or socialist attacks"? I do not think the "or socialist" part belongs to the phrase. What is a "socialist attack" anyway?
Watts riots
How does the Watts riots count as terrorism?
garbling the definition
"All attempts or successes at assassinating government heads or officials are clear examples of domestic terrorism." ... So if Castro or Kruschev killed JFK, that would have been domestic terrorism? Kwantus 04:25, 2005 Apr 20 (UTC)
NPOV of 2nd Amendment Link
At 19:14, 30 September 2005, 67.2.4.137 added the following to this article:
- However, some uses of the phrase are inappropriate since the intent may not be to scare the whole "domestic" or nation but a subset like its government from inappropriate activities as in the Oklahoma City Bombing in accordance with the 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution.
This strikes me as being questionable NPOV, so I moved it to this talk page pending a concensus.--Kralizec! 00:38, 1 October 2005 (UTC)