Designation of Terrorism

[Esther]

Originally Posted by tstew

Esther, I'm not saying whether they should be labeled either way. I'm just pointing out that in my observations, many of the people who are adamant that a hate crime should not be labeled and that a crime is a crime, are the most adamant that acts such as that in Fort Hood should be designated an act of terrorism. The opposite is true in that many of those who want to label hate crimes are reluctant to label these acts as acts of terrorism.

Unfortunately, I was out of touch with the media during that situation. I am sorry I missed what happened, although I have gleemed some here and there.

But from what I have read it seems to me that it was an act of terrorism based on his postings he made.

Do you not agree? Or perhaps a better question would be what do you think constitutes an act of terrorism?