Originally Posted by Alan Mendelson View Post
Murderers walk into a 7-Eleven and shoot the cashier to steal what's in the register.

Terrorists perch themselves in Mandalay Bay and shoot more than 500 people killing 58 of them. It doesn't matter what the political beliefs or religious beliefs of the mother fucker asswipe shithole is -- he's a fucking terrorist and he terrorized us. He should burn in hell.
Uh, no, you're wrong about him being a terrorist.

Let's go to the dictionary:

"ter·ror·ism
ˈterəˌrizəm/
noun
noun: terrorism

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims."


While you can be "terrorized" by a murder, the murderer need not be a terrorist.

The one thing that separates Paddock from your example of the 7-11 robber is the scope / magnitude of his slaughter.

Absent a political or ideological motive for the killings, the guy is a murderer, not a terrorist.