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I heard many people talk like you do maybe 20 years ago. This sort of mindset resulted in two wars which killed over a million people, did no good for anybody, and never stopped terrorism from happening. FAR more people died in the global war on terror than have ever died at the hands of actual terrorists.
You should ABSOLUTELY hesitate, ask questions, and refuse to use any means to resolve the issue when facing murderous threats to civilised society. Those are very very good ideas.
Somewhat ironically, this is how members of terrorist organisations usually justify their means, particularly, their defining characteristic: the targeting of civilians.
Hunters of terrorists target the terrorists, and stop them from furthering their cause.
Seems like a pretty clear difference to me.
I think the concern is this line. Israel is trying to “destroy absolutely without question” Hamas but at the same time “accidentally” targeting civilians and “incite terror” amongst Palestinians.
At least that’s the view of some people that support Palestine.
In this case, it might not be clear who the terrorists are.
When you specifically target innocent civilians just to make some kind of point, you are a terrorist.
What if it were your children, xwdv? What if your children were the ones being shot and blown up to get those "terrorists"? Would you still think that it's okay since your children "just happened to be in the way"?
No wonder those people hold you accountable.
I was gonna stay neutral in my wording but it irritates me how war crimes can just be brushed away with “Well, they should’ve just been born in ‘Murica instead”
Thanks to you, I now know how bad people justify killing innocent children. They don't.
I have obviously never been involved in war so I’m not sure if that’s normal.
For those too young to remember, this is an example of the rhetoric in the US that resulted in a million innocent civilians being killed in Iraq.
Someone can spread terror for a good cause or bad cause.
Terrorism fully compatible and justifiable with utilitarian ethics. As utilitarian ethics become increasingly popular, you should expect terrorism to become less repugnant.
Anybody with ounce of brain cells would realize that such actions are contradictory and counterproductive to any sort of ethical system seriously espoused by anyone.
It's absolutely self defeating and likely won't convince anyone to change their mind.
Basically every culture believes this to a certain extent, the perpetrators just dont call it terrorism.
The only world in which utilitarian terrorism makes sense is the one in which all actors are fundamentally rational, in which the assumed possibility of terrorism would motivate people to behave in a manner sufficient to render it unnecessary.
Not to dive too deep into current events, but support for Palestinians, Gaza, and Hamas is probably at historic all time high right now. opposition is also at an all time time, but sometimes you might care more about one factor than the net balance.
Basically every culture believes this to a certain extent, the perpetrators just dont call it terrorism.
I was referring to the honest discussion of ethic, not bankrupt self-justification for any cause and for any reason.
So Hiroshima: the US is terrorist, Gaza: Israel is terrorist, etc etc
i think these are just edgy kids being edgy. twenty-first century hanoi janes, the lot of them