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  • I actually don’t disagree. That’s certainly the connotation that comes with “terrorism.”

    It’s also not how the legal definition works, unfortunately, which is just vague enough to let the FBI decide what is and isn’t terrorism based on how they feel about something. As I understand it, anyway. And since what he did falls under the legal definition, they can charge him with it.

  • The perpetrator of an act of terrorism isn’t part of the definition. They need not be affiliated with a group or military.

    I find it curious how many people on Lemmy were gleefully posting about CEOs and billionaires being scared because of this attack, and then to see push-back about the label of terrorism (where fear is part of the outcome, hence the name).

    The saying is “one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter,” right?

  • Well then define non-combatants.

    “a person who is not engaged in fighting during a war, especially a civilian, chaplain, or medical practitioner.”

    Sure he was responsible for deaths due to denying health coverage. But he’s still a civilian.

  • I made a “Sanderlanche” emoji for use when discussing Brandon Sanderson’s mastery of story structure. Reading every one of his books I reach a point where it feels like I have to frantically push to the end.

    It’s just a book with a big vaguely-snowy wave coming out of it, but I like it.

  • Not surprising, I vaguely recall them saying they would roll out other language support over time.

    This whole staged rollout very much smells of, “We were caught out by the industry shifting hard to AI and, despite including neural engines in our chips for a while, we weren’t ready.”