[rexgrossmansonlyfan]

Only a worthless brainless piece of crap who’d rape a child would call the atomic bombing terrorism.

WHy would it have been better for hundreds of thousands more to die in a ground invasion?

[cynwoody]

Only a worthless brainless piece of crap who’d rape a child would call the atomic bombing terrorism.

Nah, just anyone literate enough to read the dictionary.

ter⋅ror⋅ism

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–noun

1.	the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.

2.	the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization.

3.	a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.

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Origin:
1785–95; terror + -ism

Definition 1 fits fairly well: The bombs were violent, threatening, and intimidating and ultimately effective in coercing the desired political result. However, one could argue that the definition should be amended to specify that the violence should be upon noncombatants, in order to distinguish terrorism from ordinary military combat.