Bundschuh: Terrorists or not?

[Nodoka Hanamura]

One mans terrorist is another mans freedom fighter. They're both.

This.

My KOI document on the Oita incident is a prime example of this. Ouroboros portrayed themselves as liberators from a dated imperial system and wanted to shift Kusari into a progressive 'beacon on the hill' for the Sirius Sector. To people like Sanae, the KOI's upper echelons and the very Keiretsu CEOs who would be first on the chopping block before Hanamura would have nationalized the two of them - the Ouroboros, and causes like them, from the Gen'an to the KLA, are terrorists - because it fits their worldview, because they are the ones being targeted, and calling them as such contributes to their soft power aims.

However, one can be more objectively a terrorist based on their ethics and priorities. We call islamist radicals in the real world, terrorists, primarily because they have little care or regard for the innocent, and are more than willing to do egregious, horrible things, even if it, like say, Al-Qaeda and 9/11, would blow up in their face. The French Resistance of WW2, are more in line with freedom fighters, because their ROE was very tight - they prioritized killing of German forces, undermining their power, and engaging in espionage to disrupt operations across several domains. They never attacked civilians. At least those not aiding and abetting the Nazi regime.

The Bundschuh, at least as represented by The Platform, comes off as the latter more than the former. If you want an example of the former in Discovery, look to Pre-RPA Mollies or the Red Hessians.

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