• jagged_circle@feddit.nl
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    20 hours ago

    Is it possible to commit a terrorist act and not have mental health issues? Pretty sure this is still terrorism.

    • Maple Engineer@lemmy.world
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      20 hours ago

      To be a tertorist act it needs to be intended to cause terror. If the guy was having a psychotic episode and didn’t know what he was doing it would not be terrorism.

      • LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        19 hours ago

        A small Filipino cultural festival at a school was attacked. I am skeptical that this was a random act of violence. Nothing is impossible, but I think that it is much more likely that this was a targeted attack. Wait till they get the suspects computer, internet history, etc.

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      20 hours ago

      Yes. When that’s the only option left. Many movements around the world have employed what we now refer to as terrorism to affect change. Including ones that are currently not considered terrorist.