[nverno]

No, I think it's pretty clear what a terrorist does - target civilians on purpose. But, terrorists can certainly be freedom fighters as well or vice versa.

[markisus]

Bin Laden makes a point about this. He argues that the American public is culpable for the actions of its government because America is a democracy.

[jjgreen]

I think it's pretty clear what a terrorist does - target civilians on purpose.

So Hiroshima: the US is terrorist, Gaza: Israel is terrorist, etc etc

[nverno]

Yea, I think that's probably fair [[although I don't really know enough about those situations to judge them]]

[s1artibartfast]

The real question is if civilians are morally culpable for their choices, actions, and their consequences.