On 25 Mar, 21:04, Cynic  wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:35:16 -0000, "Brimstone"
>
>  wrote:
> >>>> Or are the Irish not being terrorists anymore?
>
> >>> We've hung up our shillelaghs for the time being, yes.
>
> >> An Irish man was charged with a terrorist offence earlier this week,
> >> so it appears that not all Irish share your view.
>
> >He's been charged with murder, that's not a terrorist offence.
>
> I was thinking of the case of the person planning to make a bomb to
> blow up a school.
>
> --
> Cynic

Blowing up a school isn't a "terrorist offence" as defined by
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Europe_Convention_on_the_Prevention_of_Terrorism

Whether it's sensible to use that definition is another matter.