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toxikyesterday at 7:34 PM1 replyview on HN

I don't think this is terrorism, that's not what the word means. It's a clear and open act of war, so in many ways much worse, but somehow terrorism is a scarier word.


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nicceyesterday at 10:04 PM

> but somehow terrorism is a scarier word.

It is, because it might impact normal citizens. Nobody has ever invaded the US so coensequences of real war are unknown to most.

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