Lord Aesir wrote...
Eclipse_9990 wrote...
Lord Aesir wrote...
Saphra is technically right. Terrorism requires that Cerberus be trying to incite terror in a population through acts of violence. I'm prett sure the majority of the population doesn't even know Cerberus exists and they prefer it that way.
Murdering the Pope for liking aliens, blowing up one of the Migrants Fleets ships, and trying to intimidate the Alliance in leaving them alone by assassinating one of their Generals pretty much fits the bill.
They're Terrorists in action, and in definition.
The terrorist's goal is terror, not the killing itself. The terror caused by Cerberus operations is always a side effect of their goal. BTW, Cerberus killed Kohaku because he was snooping and they were going to dispose of the body and leave it at that. They weren't going to announce it to the alliance brass.
Their goal? Forget Kohaku for a second, but what other reason would they have to attack, and blow up a Quarian Ship, and to assassinate the Pope for being sweet on aliens?
1. Blowing up a Quarian ship which they happen to value quite a bit, seems to have been for no other purpose than to instil fear. The fact that the Quarians KNOW that this is Cerberus doesn't help their case.
2. Murdering a Pope for openly being cool with aliens, to try and send a message that says.
"Hey humanity! This guy was a fan of the bug eyed freaks! If you people know any better you had better not agree with this dude! Or we're coming after you next. SUCKAS!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!! :devil:"
Yeah.. This is totally what The Illusive Man sounds like. No Joke.
Luc0s wrote...
Okay, first, lets make absolutely clear what "terrorism" really means:
Terrorism = using terror and fear as your main tool to achieve your goals. A terrorists inflicts fear upon his opponent to force his opponent to meet the demands that the terrorist made.
So, now that we know the definition of terrorism, lets look at your "proof":
1. Not terrorism, because there is no terror used and there is no opponent forced meet certain demands.
2. Same. Not terrorism.
3. Same. Not terrorism. Kahoku became a liablity, so they ridded of him. But no terror was inflicted and no opponent was forced to meet certain demands.
4. Not terrorism, because there is no terror used and there is no opponent forced meet certain demands.
5. Not terrorism, but a rescue mission. This would be terrorism if the attack was organised to inflict fear upon the quarians. However, fear was not the goal of the attack. The goal of the attack was to rescue Gillian Grayson from her kidnappers. so, not terrorism.
6. Not terrorism, because the assassination was a secret and Cerberus never claimed deed. No fear was inflicted and Cerberus actually did humanity a great favor. No terrorism.
7. Was all this done to inflict fear and terror upon an opponent to force the opponent to meet a certain demand? Nope. So again, no terrorism.
So, 1 to 7, all: NO TERRORISM! I declare your claim that Cerberus is terroris officially as: DEBUNKED
NEXT!
Quarian shenanigans: How do you know it was a rescue mission? Got a source?
As for the other stuff. If its not terrorism then what is it in you're definition?
What is an organization that kidnaps, and tortures children, that murders squads of Alliance soldiers for arbitrary reasons.
Human soldiers who Cerberus claims to be trying to help. Experimenting on one of those soldiers for years, who kills a Pope for liking aliens(You mentioned that this did humanity a favor. I would LOVE to see your reasoning for this.), and assassinating a well respected Alliance General.
Why kind of Organization is this Aesir? Please tell me. I DO so wish to learn!
Modifié par Eclipse_9990, 25 janvier 2012 - 02:59 .