The down-voted and deleted parent asked for evidence of the claim that "this is precisely what terrorists want." This post and the two others replying to it ar

The down-voted and deleted parent asked for evidence of the claim that "this is precisely what terrorists want." This post and the two others replying to it are playing word games. "Terrorists" is a term that's commonly used to refer to specific groups of people, almost none of whom have as their primary objective to "spread fear of terrorists and make us change our lives, abandon our freedoms." Most of the legitimate concern over terrorism is fear of WMD use. If you estimate the odds of such an event are low by looking at the frequency of terrorist deaths in the past, you're doing it wrong.