Reply to post: Re: Genocide?

'Tech giants who encrypt comms are unwittingly aiding terrorists', claims ex-Home Sec Blunkett

WatAWorld

Re: Genocide?

But ISIL is now the IS and a state organization.

We don't call it terrorism when state organizations do things because otherwise we'd be calling ourselves terrorists. (Not that we've attempted genocide, but we do do bombings, assassinations, sabotage, etc., things we call terrorism when non-states do them).

I definitely agree IS is committing genocide, but as with Hitler, Stalin and Mao, they're no longer "terrorists", rather they're a state engaged in "using shock and awe to achieve genocide."

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