Reports of the plane crash in Austin today have been interesting. A man burns down his house, leaves suicide notes and then flies a plane into a federal building. The top cop there assures us that this was not terrorism.
Well that makes me feel so much better. He was mad at the IRS, the Catholic Church, his accountant and his wife. I guess if he was a Muslim they would call it terrorism. But since he is just mad at the world, it is merely a plane crash.
Seems to me that someone is a terrorist if he attacks innocent people. Maybe it's not terrorism if you are not trying to advance some political/religious agenda. In any event, it's sad and scary when people begin flying planes into buildings.
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This incident was not an act of terrorism, because terrorism is using fear to force people to do a desired action (i.e. convert to Islam). This incident was expressing frustration. It may be viewed as an act of rebellion or sedition, not terrorism. Unless the pilot survived, it would be hard to prosecute.
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