declansdad
DIS Dad #639 New Brunswick, Canada
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2004
A terrorist: a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
A mass murderer: a person who murders a large number of people.
By choosing a mosque and the random Muslim worshipers within as his target, this mass murderer became a terrorist by definition. If he had instead killed six members of his own family, then he'd be just a mass murderer. (By the way, the Charleston church shooter is also a terrorist, and should have been referred to as such.)
So is a mass murder with its basis in hate an act of terrorism?