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Lmao blowing up a diplomat "obviously" wasn't terrorism. Sure, buddy. I can't tell who's being more ridiculous between you and the person claiming he wasn't gay-coded.
You know you can still like the character even though he's very obviously and objectively a terrorist? I do.
Yes, exactly. It was assassination.
Look at the target. Was it a member of the general public? No, it was a diplomat, or at least a politician on a diplomatic mission. So, the public is unlikely to think that they're in danger.
Look at where it happened. Was it in a public area on Romulus or something? No, it was far outside Romulan territory. So, the general public is unlikely to think that they're in danger.
Was there any collateral damage? No, just the one person was killed. So, the general public doesn't even think they could take damage as bystanders to another assassination.
There's no way a reasonable person could look at that and think it was terrorism, unless you broaden the definition of terrorism to include every possible violent death.
Literally the whole point was to make the Romulans think that they're in danger from the Dominion. You know, point 2 that I made earlier that you completely and arbitrarily ignored?
This is completely irrelevant. Imagine someone planted a bomb on a plane and it detonated while it was in the middle of the ocean. Would the distance make people not feel in danger and therefore make the act "obviously not terrorism" somehow??? What a completely absurd position.
The target was a civilian (plus the crew, of course), and the general public does not have to be targeted for it to be terrorism.