Dear Editor,
Many citizens seem confused as to whether persons involved in the Lusignan and Bartica killings can be referred to as terrorists or just criminals. For the benefit of the nation I would like to expound on my theory of terrorism after which readers can arrive at their own conclusions.
One aspect of political violence that is of great concern to criminologists is terrorism because of its complexity. An all-encompassing definition of terrorism is difficult to formulate, though most experts agree that it generally involves the illegal use of force against innocent people in order to achieve a political objective. For example according to one national commission, terrorism is “a tactic or technique by means of which a violent act or the threat thereof is used for the prime purpose of crating overwhelming fear, for coercive purposes.”
