seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM,

Not to be confused with Hamas (horse).

Linkerbaan,
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Hamas was a dark bay or brown horse with no white markings

Wikipedia really went there

drolex, (edited )

Not to be confused with ham-ass, a charcuterie specialty, unfortunately frowned upon by both Hamas and Hamaas

ETA: but highly praised by David Cameron

Skullgrid,
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I hear he’s more into the head of the pig

AllNewTypeFace,
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Is it etymologically related, in the way that “salaam” and “shalom” are, or is this just a particularly spicy coincidence?

seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM,

The terror org Hamas’s name is an acronym, but was afterwards glossed to mean strength or zeal. That vaguely fits, so maybe? But I’m no expert on Proto-Semitic etymology.

Woozythebear,

Terror org? The fuck? I didn’t realize that fighting for your freedom from a brutal oppressor made you a terror org.

Do you call native Americans terrorists too?

Linkerbaan,
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Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

If native Americans today did organised attacks on Americans it would be considered terrorism in pretty sure.

Linkerbaan,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

Stupid Natives doing terror attacks on those peaceful Americans that God promised the land to because they were white.

Good thing Americans defended themselves into coincidentally taking over all of America.

Fizz,
@Fizz@lemmy.nz avatar

True, colonialism bad.

seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM,

Terrorism, according to Wikipedia, is “the use of violence against non-combatants to achieve political or ideological aims.”

Hamas is doing that, see examples.

I frankly don’t see, whatever its goals, how systematically attacking civilians can not be terrorism. (Since Native Americans to my knowledge don’t do that, I wouldn’t call them terrorists, no).

eatCasserole,

This definition fits israel just as well or better, do you typically refer to it as a terror org?

seSvxR3ull7LHaEZFIjM,

Israel is a state, not an organization.

eatCasserole,

Pedantry, of course. Call it a terrorist state if you must, it changes nothing.

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