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Originally Posted by varmint
Hypothetical: it was some guy trying to kill his ex wife, and thought a bomb in a public square was the most efficient way.
More absurd things have happened.
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Scary, I thought of the same hypothetical. It happens all the time.
If it was organized terrorism, I would think a more effective bomb would be used. Even McVeigh was able to take down a large portion of a building when acting alone. And I still don't believe McVeigh's action were "terrorism." McVeigh hoped to inspire a revolt against what he considered to be a
tyrannical federal government. But I guess the government needs to label anyone who asserts their Constitutional rights against tyranny as a terrorist in order to keep the masses controlled and to avoid having to re-evaluate its policies. I'm not saying how he revolted was an appropriate way to be things, but it wasn't terrorism in my mind.