Intergalactic Summit

Of course.

Kimmy's logic is infallible. Do not question it. Of course a terrorist would Identity themselfs as terrorists, I mean, every Gallente that she's ever accused of terrorism has done such.... right?

Probably because it's trendy at the time. The common Gallentean is a fashion and trend victim. There was this one time a Sani Sabik derivative became immensely popular with thousands of Gallenteans as members. All they do, however, is dress like, well, pale pontiffs and such, drink lots of red juice and act like cartoon villains. This went on for about a month before they decided that dressing up as Heth was 'the ****'.

Oh honey no.

If I recall the first time some Gallentean had the bright idea of parading around in a Heth costume just a month after Enturrer's execution, the Black Eagles came down on the whole group of Provist cosplayers hard. After what looked to be the third time this had happened they finally decided to stop that highly visible crackdown and just make people disappear instead.

Fast forward to Roden's administration and him making it very clear that what the Black Eagles did was not okay and people were back to dressing up as Provists again. For a month at least.

What element of surprise? The only terrorists that have ever hurt my people on a large scale were wearing uniforms. Gallente Naval Uniforms to be specific.

Soldiers don't intentionally kill civilians Deitra. That is what terrorists do.

First, terrorist is a soldier, and second, Ms. Vess, I am afraid you are mistaken a terrorist with a saboteur or diversant. It is a job of a diversant to have an element of surprise, to destroy a target without being noticed. Terrorist's job is to inflict fear and panic with their actions. Terrorists destroy targets not by military value, but by public value. Their actions are targeted to cause public resonance instead of supporting military advances. I think closest thing you can think are freedom fighters with their infamous motto "Fear the tribes". This is a typical terrorist approach, and it is not surprising taking into account that both freedom fighters and terrorists are unprofessional military troops.

And third, even more professional soldier than a terrorist won't tell you his occupation if they are hostile to you. On the other hand, if terrorists are from the same camp of yours, and especially if you outrank them, of course they will tell you their occupation. It's just like asking a capsuleer if he is a pilot.

Caldari State doesn't though employ terrorist squads and we don't use terror doctrine in military operations (unlike Minmatars with their "Fear the Tribes" thing), because it is unprofessional, it is waste of resources, and terror is considered a poor man's war. Returning to Templis Dragonaurs, they aren't part of State military forces, so they pretty much can be terrorists by themselves since they don't have to follow our doctrines.

But because they are still our people and fight for our State, a person like Mr. Tuulinen could indeed simply asked them if they are terrorists or not to recieve plain answer.

Once you deliberately butcher civilians, you're a terrorist. Terrorism is a tricky word to define, but I think the most fair, uncolored definition would be "the use of violence and intimidation against civilians in the pursuit of political aims." Soldiers are promoting their nation-state, which is a political aim. They are not definitionally exempt from being terrorists.

Diana actually seems to be sort of right on this one. The line between terrorist and freedom fighter is very thin. Two different people can look at the same act of terror/liberation, one can say "That is a terrorist" the other can say "That is a freedom fighter", and it'd be hard to unambiguously tell who is more accurate. I think the only fair way of distinguishing a terrorist from a freedom fighter is the method. Everyone thinks they're fighting for freedom, so the goal isn't enough. You need to deliberately avoid civilian casualties and do your best to promote the general welfare of the population during the struggle if you want to be known as a freedom fighter.

However, Diana is definitely still naive to think the Dragonaurs would see themselves as terrorists, it's not how the human mind works. The Dragonaurs probably see themselves as cultural preservers or even freedom fighters. I very highly doubt they would view themselves as terrorists even if they are/were. It's not in our nature, save psychopaths and sociopaths, to want to be a terrorist, so our minds would try to rationalize our actions if we were. There's a reason "the greater good" is such an old cliche. It's a comforting lie that tyrants tell themselves to justify their actions.

Terrorist isn't a label, it is occupation.

Only ignorants and idiots use it as insult or label.

Shaming peoples for being a terrorist is same as shaming cooks.