[TML] Gurps Traveller

[Rupert Boleyn]

Anthony Jackson wrote:

> Heh. How about this one: a terrorist is a non-uniformed (or otherwise 
> not readily identifiable) combatant who attacks civilian targets for 
> political ends. An insurgent is a non-uniformed combatant who attacks 
> military targets for political ends. Going off either end of this, we 
> have the simple criminal, who attacks civilian targets for non-political 
> ends, and the soldier, who is a uniformed combatant.
> 
> Note that this does count things like CIA black ops as terrorist.

It does, however, mean that a bunch of soldiers going into towns, 
dragging people out of their houses and shooting them in reprisal for 
some act of resistance or rebellion are not terrorists, or committing an 
act of terrorism, while a bunch of 'CIA thugs' going the same thing are. 
I suspect this distinction would be lost of the townsfolk and most of 
the world at large.

-- 
Rupert Boleyn <rboleyn at ihug.co.nz>