26/7/14 DRAFT subject to many revisions
OK, this is taking longer than expected.
It seems very sensible that those intending to influence government are not terrrists
because
that is the [ed: very] basis of representative democracy i.e. that elected representatives represent their electors. You cannot be a terrrist on the basis of intending to influence government because that is exactly what active citizens do and are expected to do. That is recognised as completely legitimate action.
penumbra is used as a legal term.
TBC
ed:
UK definition of terrorism ‘could catch political journalists and bloggers’