# Abortion clinic protestors:  terrorists?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-clinic-protestors-terrorists/468535>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 18, 2008, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-clinic-protestors-terrorists/468535 "2008-10-18T17:04:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abortion-clinic-protestors-terrorists/468535/41 "2008-10-21T04:27:11Z")

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> [@Der\_Trihs](#):
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> :rolleyes: Slaughtering people indiscriminately in order to terrify them into submission is not at ALL the same as the rule of law, with laws, police, judges and/or juries.

I do not see how this at all deals with the fact that every government by its very nature threatens and intimidates its people and uses force on them. By its very nature it must. Thus we either define governments out of the definition of terrorists or all governments are terrorists.

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