Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-226878-20140818053714/@comment-25936766-20170529004135

Yes, yes, "Rebels without cause" and all that. Still technically different.

Sure, terrorists often say things like how they are fighting for "a just cause", similar to actual rebels in a revolution, but those are generally unacceptable, cheap excuses used to excuse their own actions and feel good.

The key factor in revolutions is that rebels fight for Independence against the current established power. Terrorists don't, generally they don't even focus on a specific nation.