Of course that's what they've become. They were even convicted of it. What Big Brother defines as terrorism has very little to do with reality, of course.
The real problem is if you make the penalty for non-violent protest the same as the penalty for violent protest, you're relying solely on the perpetrators ethics and morality to not shoot the place up and burn it down. After all they get the same penalty for holding up a banner as for doing something actually violent... so why not make "more" of a statement?
Of course that's what they've become. They were even convicted of it. What Big Brother defines as terrorism has very little to do with reality, of course.
The real problem is if you make the penalty for non-violent protest the same as the penalty for violent protest, you're relying solely on the perpetrators ethics and morality to not shoot the place up and burn it down. After all they get the same penalty for holding up a banner as for doing something actually violent... so why not make "more" of a statement?