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vrganjyesterday at 4:13 PM3 repliesview on HN

Whats the dictionary definition of terror again?

> violence or the threat of violence used as a weapon of intimidation or coercion

> especially: violent or destructive acts (such as bombing) committed by groups in order to intimidate a population or government into granting their demands

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terror

Now, which actor in this story does this sound like? The webhoster exercising their speech rights or the apparatus bombing schools and weddings in order to get their way?


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mitxelayesterday at 10:22 PM

I believe the pragmatic definition is "disagreement with the government".

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stanleykmyesterday at 5:06 PM

It sounds like that until you realize that the baseline behavior is for countries that are not in NATO to be subservient to NATO. So, as you can see, it is the governments and populations that are coercing and intimidating themselves and NATO is helpfully returning them to normalcy.

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