Terrorism excludes state military force.

so was the boston tea party a terrorist act? how about the warsaw uprising?

what if one of the states involved is completely unrecognized?

Like the Islamic State?

like kosovo etc

but yes

https://www.bostonteapartyship.com/boston-tea-party-facts

Sure, we can assume those occurences were terrorism by nature.

btp is a horrible example

ok, the entire revolutionary war

well I was gonna just brush over it for sake of argument but Dan piped up

my point is that the word terrorist in modern use simply means attacks from people we don't like

just dont like misrepresentation

my bad on derailing

no prob

there are dozens of events that are technically terrorism that we can easily morally justify

i don't like how terrorist is just a political buzzword

I'll grant you that terrorism is not a clearly defined term, and deciding whether or not to label particular groups or events as terrorist can be tricky.

it can be used interchangibly with "freedom fighter" from the other side

But for the sake of argument, can we not assume that a particular individual is very much a terrorist?

i think its better to actually examine suspented 'terrorists' on the merits of their methods and goals

This is really skirting around the point of my older question, so I'll ask a different one. Should someone with a warrant for murder be able to vote?

to answer your question, no , i dont think we can justify denying voting rights to 'terrorists' because the word terrorist has no clear definition beyond "enemies of the state"

ah ok

with a warrant? them trying to vote would naturally set off a few bells

Not if we don't require IDs.

i would definitely require an ID

and make IDs totally free

Paid for by tax dollars?

well yea i can easily justify taxation if its a benefit given to literally everybody

But not everyone pays taxes.

ID's cant be that expensive

yes but everyone will eventually pay taxes at some point

Not true.

even if its sales tax

unless you live in the woods foraging in which case you probably don't have an ID anyway

So you're assuming that we'll be able to cover at least the IDs just fine because naturally everybody has to pay state sales tax.

if an ID is needed to vote the state should supply them free of charge

What about Oregon? They have no sales tax.

naturally they can't be willed into existence so it will be paid for by tax

So how do they pay for the IDs out of everyone's pocket fairly?