To create terror. It was a false flag operation meant to get the Romulans to see the Dominion as a threat to their safety. The fact that the senator happened to be one of the biggest opponents to fighting the Dominion was icing on the cake, removing him was a bonus but not the main reason for doing it.
People don’t have to be terrified for it to be terrorism
I don’t think we see how they reacted, except that they suddenly decided to enter the war and treat the Dominion as an existential threat, as Garak intended.
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.
Lmao blowing up a diplomat “obviously” wasn’t terrorism.
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.
Was he doing that to create terror, or to kill someone?
To create terror. It was a false flag operation meant to get the Romulans to see the Dominion as a threat to their safety. The fact that the senator happened to be one of the biggest opponents to fighting the Dominion was icing on the cake, removing him was a bonus but not the main reason for doing it.
So, he created terror among the Romulans? They sure didn’t seem terrified to me.
People don’t have to be terrified for it to be terrorism
I don’t think we see how they reacted, except that they suddenly decided to enter the war and treat the Dominion as an existential threat, as Garak intended.
So, his assassination was successful, but it wasn’t terrorism.
If you completely ignore both of the valid points I just made, yes. Otherwise no.
The ones where you tried to pretend that it was terrorism when it obviously wasn’t?
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.