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		wnoise on Feb 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: UK Court: David Miranda Detention Legal Under Terr... > terrorism (systematic use of violence as a means of coercion for political purposes) All warfare seems to fit under this definition. Commonly explicitly added qualifiers are "against civilians" or "by non-state actors". Another implicit one is "by people the speaker doesn't like".

lmm on Feb 19, 2014 [–]

Right, but we're talking about a non-state actor attacking civilian targets like power stations. Mandela fits any reasonable definition of terrorist.

wnoise on Feb 19, 2014 | [–]

Sure, not disputing that, only the definition expressed.

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