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In reply to the discussion: Michigan Shooter's Parents Had Been Called Into School That Morning: Sheriff [View all]ck4829
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The laws of space and time aren't going to be played like with putty if we say "terrorism" for a range of things, civilization is not going to collapse.
Really, if you want to get down to the nitty gritty, it's a social construct full of psychological, social, and political factors that provide heavy influence into who and what is or is not a terrorist attack (Which is equally important).
This is shown in kind of like how the government has to be dragged kicking and screaming to call the Ku Klux Klan or the Atomwaffen Division terrorist groups but had absolutely no problem doing the same for a couple of environmentalists who burn some hummers. And there was James Comey wringing his hands on whether to call Dylann Roof a terrorist (And if he wasn't then who is?)