Four More Years of Nobama.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by Premmy

I don't think saying Britain's empire was terrible necessarily equates to praise for anybody in particular.

Counterpoint:

Originally Posted by Aerozord

England is such a lovely nation isn't it? So much history

/Break/

Originally Posted by POS Industries

I think the major qualifier here is "single largest," in which case no single act of terrorism (not counting actual full-scale military engagements) by the American revolutionaries comes close to a 3k kill count.

The whole statement was pretty clear and concise, dude.

Originally Posted by Magus

Terrorism is using acts of violence against civilian targets in order to get them to do what you want, though. I'm sure there were terroristic acts on both sides in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 but defining the entire rebellion as a terrorist act is bogus unless you have the broadest definition of terrorism as possible. You could argue any act of war is terrorism but that would be an incredibly nebulous definition that reduces the word "terrorism" to pointlessness.

Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercion.
That pretty much defines the revolutionary war. Like sure there is no single acrt which is comparable but I have no real problem with putting the entire war as a single act as it was a coordinated campaign.
If Al-Qaeda wants to blow up some more buildings I can add that to their scorecard as well, I am equal opportunities here.