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    I was talking to some coworkers about how I think its really fucked that deaths of terrorists are not being spoken about distinctly from deaths of non terrorists. Anyone else have an opinion about that?

    This seems like an opportunity to create a convention for showing this kind of data.

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    • huh?monospaced
    • Can you give an example?Maaku
    • The news is telling me 5 people died, the better way to say this may be 1 civilian and 4 terrorists have diedR_Kercz
    • everyone that does something illegal is a terrorist nowGuyFawkes
    • Only if that illegal thing is an immediate threat to lives of innocent people, and has the sole purpose of inciting terror in its intended targets.monospaced
    • For example, the terrorists are now planning to terrorize the inauguration and anyone involved.monospaced
    • All political violence is technically terrorism. By that narrow definition though, there's been a shit ton of terrorism in the past few years.IRNlun6
    • in israel for example the media never publishes the name of the suicide bomber. names of civilians are published and there is a distinct difference.renderedred
    • So if you burn down buildings during a protest, that’s terrorism right?Gnash
    • It is most likely arson if nobody was in it or it was just a closed business.monospaced
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