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Originally Posted by Just Alex
Sure it was, idiot
Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no universally agreed, legally binding, criminal law definition.[1][2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or, ideological goal..
It cause nothing but TERROR in Japan and around the world.
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There is a staggering difference between a terrorist act and a world war. Defining terrorism as "violent acts which are intended to create fear" is way too vague.
This would mean that any time a husband smacks his wife, it's a terrorist incident - which clearly it is not. At the same time, any type of warfare would be considered a terrorist act. Clearly, during WWII when we bombed a factory that build ball bearings for tanks this was a military action, not a an act of terrorism.
Did it cause terror in Japan and around the world? It sure did. But so did Sputnik.