Quote Originally Posted by GavinGill View Post
Making it illegal to plan acts of terrorism sounds well and good, except just about anything can fall under "terrorism" today.
That's not what we mean by the term though, and we're the ones having the conversation. So let's not muddy the waters, and use "terrorism" to mean what we both understand the term to mean; roughly, an act of violence intended to cause public fear. Under this definition, terrorism is of course distinct from planning terrorism.

I don't understand your position yet. It sounds to me now like you're strongly against criminalising the act of planning terrorism. But you've also told me you don't believe in setting up strings operations to prove intent. So... what exactly do you want to criminalise in order to "prosecute accordingly", if planning is not sufficient and intent is not demonstrable? Do you want to solely criminalise acts of terror, and only prosecute terrorists after they've tried to enact their plans?