To call some acts "terror" is to pretend that (say) being shot at on a conventional battlefield is NOT terrifying. Huh?
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@polyparadigm I think we again underestimate how much emotional impact/propaganda has always been a goal of war1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@polyparadigm my point is methodological innovation is always going on. Mythologizing it is an own-goal.2 replies 1 retweet 1 like -
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@polyparadigm Actually the word "civilian" is almost as bad as "terrorist." There are no innocent civilians in a democracy. All condone war.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@polyparadigm Yes. Until we live in a polity where there are choices in consent-of-governed, if you make even indirect use of the state...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@vgr Yes, combatants in local power struggle, but they're excluded from full citizenship & choose local affiliation.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@polyparadigm That case is too complex for Twitter. My view would probably run to a few pages.
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@polyparadigm Without FOCJ governance, certain questions and problems in political science are essentially going to be undecidable.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - 2 more replies
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