[quote=ucodegen]The difference between a ‘terrorist attack’ and ‘act of terror’ is much like the difference between ‘murder 1’ and ‘manslaughter’. It comes to full intent and planning.[/quote]
Really? Why is that? Terrorism would be a belief in the use of terror. An act of terror would be actually using terror. If anything, I would think that the words would imply that an “act of terror” is much more significant. More like “an act of terror” would be murder 1, and “terrorism” would be attempted murder.
Is there a political words dictionary that defines this somewhere? Or was it just decided by people that wanted to imagine something did not happen when it actually did?
