>That's actually a great question. I was thinking about it overnight. So let's see if we can find common group.
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>For simplicity, assume there's a group of 1000 people. We can obviously agree that if they're all violent, that's a riot. I hope we can also agree that if 1 is violent, it's not.
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>So, what about 10 out of 1000? I think not. What do you think?
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Not sure why you didn't answer my questions in a search for common group.

>This has actually been on my mind. Since we are talking semantics, I have a couple of questions for you:
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Let me preface this by saying that I haven't looked at either of these in depth. Just poked at the Wikipedia page for the Fort Hood case, since I wasn't sure which incident there you were talking about (I have a vague memory of there being two), and I hadn't thought about the original one in a long time.

>1. Would you call the Fort Hood Massacre "work place violence" or a terrorist act committed by Islamic extremists?

Based on what I see, that one seems workplace violence.

>2. How about the massacre in San Bernardino? "Man made disaster" or a terrorist act committed by Islamic extremists?
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Based on what I remember, that one seems terrorism.

I'll flip the question. How would you characterize the Charleston shootings, for which Dylann Roof is now on trial? Terrorism or not?


Tamar