that's not what roachboy means when he tries to explain that "terror" or "terrorism" is a category that we fill in our heads and then try to talk to one another about.
what it might mean objectively and what we might mean by the categories subjectively won't always line up. there's something about "slippage" that might be applied, but I'm typing this fast and can't call up all my limited trainging in this area. you can look that up while waiting for him to come clarify, as I'm guessing he will. or maybe this thread has nothing to do with roachboy's comments on this subject, but he's the primary person I see objecting to the meaningfulness of these types of terms as accurate.
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