> Why is terror more terrible than unexpected death by other means? You haven't given this much thought have you. Describing mass murder as an "unexpected deat

> Why is terror more terrible than unexpected death by other means? You haven't given this much thought have you. Describing mass murder as an "unexpected death" is not smart. First of all, your overdose and traffic deaths are *accidents", there was no intent to murder involved. This means we work to minimise the likelihood of such deaths via preventative measures from education, health and legal through to building safer roads and vehicles. Mass murder on the other hand is no accident and is less manageable. Murder affects the community more due to the nature of the crime. The callous intent leading up to the crime, the actual violence and consequences after. When people ask "how can we prevent this", and the answers don't come as easily as preventing drunk driving, then obviously the problem is worse. Combined with brainwashed religious extremist ideology, you have yourself a more terrible problem than what road safety measures can ever hope to deal with.