To be fair, terrorist and freedom fighter aren’t mutually exclusive, nor is the term terrorist entirely a moral judgement, even if it’s often used that way. In a literal sense it would be someone who uses violence in a way that is primarily intended to cause fear, rather than direct damage, in order to further their political aims. Freedom fighters will often do this kind of thing, because they tend to be in a disadvantaged position where actually causing enough damage to force their opponent to leave is unlikely, but scaring their enemies enough that they might consider staying not to be worth it feels more possible.
Kira, and others who fought for Bajoran freedom, would argue that those deaths were necessary for the freedom of Bajor. Again, it’s all a matter of perspective.
But from Sisko’s own perspective, what Kira did during the occupation wasn’t relevant to Starfleet’s relations with her and the Bajoran government.
Kira … would argue that those deaths were necessary for the freedom of Bajor.
In DS9 she doesn’t. And that’s one of the main reasons why she is where she is.
Chakotay does, and that’s the reason the Voyager was sent to stop him by any means, killing if necessary, and that people keep reminding him that he would be in jail if they could afford a jail on the Gamma Quadrant.
I’m not trying to say that they weren’t terrorists from my own perspective. But Chakotay would probably say they were freedom fighters.
And Kira was not a terrorist from my perspective because she was a freedom fighter.
To be fair, terrorist and freedom fighter aren’t mutually exclusive, nor is the term terrorist entirely a moral judgement, even if it’s often used that way. In a literal sense it would be someone who uses violence in a way that is primarily intended to cause fear, rather than direct damage, in order to further their political aims. Freedom fighters will often do this kind of thing, because they tend to be in a disadvantaged position where actually causing enough damage to force their opponent to leave is unlikely, but scaring their enemies enough that they might consider staying not to be worth it feels more possible.
So, tell that to the lots of innocent people from both sides of the occupation that her group murdered.
Kira, and others who fought for Bajoran freedom, would argue that those deaths were necessary for the freedom of Bajor. Again, it’s all a matter of perspective.
But from Sisko’s own perspective, what Kira did during the occupation wasn’t relevant to Starfleet’s relations with her and the Bajoran government.
In DS9 she doesn’t. And that’s one of the main reasons why she is where she is.
Chakotay does, and that’s the reason the Voyager was sent to stop him by any means, killing if necessary, and that people keep reminding him that he would be in jail if they could afford a jail on the Gamma Quadrant.