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"Terror data"? Hail newspeak.

• ChrisArchitect 11y ago
  We have always been at war with Terror data
• arprocter 11y ago
  The way the piece oddly calls the shooter a "murderer" and not a terrorist reminded me of this http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/02/weve-always-been-at-war-with-eastasia.html http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/02/weve-always-been-at-war-wi...
  • JoeAltmaier 11y ago
    Isn't the difference, whether they knew their victims? If you target certain people, its murder. If you target innocent (unrelated to the murderer) victims or don't target at all, that's terrorism?
    • morgante 11y ago
      Not all murderers know their victims...
    • arprocter 11y ago
      IMO it's the motivation - if someone kills a stranger it doesn't mean they're a terrorist I suspect the BBC's wordplay is due to the on-going European immigration drama