New Drinking Game: Terrorist, Radical or Protester

Sullivan linked to an internal debate among the Newsweek staff which was initially intended to be a banter about the difference between Joe Stack and the Undie-Bomber but evolved into a taxonomic discussion over the definition of the term "Terrorist."  It's certainly worth a read to see how the different positions are defended.

Sullivan and Greenwald keyed in on Managing Editor, Kathy Jones' take (Sullivan today questioned the potential irony factor):

Did the label terrorist ever successfully stick to McVeigh? Or the Unabomber? Or any of the IRS bombers in our violence list ?   Here is my handy guide:
 - Lone wolfish American attacker who sees gov't as threat to personal freedom: bomber, tax protester, survivalist, separatist
 - Group of Americans bombing/kidnapping to protest U.S. policies on war/poverty/personal freedom/ - radical left-wing movement, right-wing separatists
 - All foreign groups or foreign individuals bombing/shooting to protest American gov't: terrorists

Personally, I'm not convinced it was irony but I also see the world through dark, slanted glasses and assume that we're loaded up with people who only understand terrorism as defined in a post-9/11 world.  I was much more interested in Digital Editor, Devin Gordon's spin: