Terrorism is the tactic of demanding the impossible, and demanding it at gunpoint.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Terrorism demands impossible outcomes through violence.
- In plain terms
- Terrorists use guns to force people to do the impossible.
- What can you take from it?
- Terrorism is about coercion through violence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is terrorism always irrational or just coercive?
Another view
Some terrorist acts may have achievable political goals.
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