You're moving the goalpost to include severity or terribleness. It doesn't make it more or less heinous, but part of the definition of terrorism includes motive

You're moving the goalpost to include severity or terribleness. It doesn't make it more or less heinous, but part of the definition of terrorism includes motive. It's just like how a world leader's jilted ex-lover killing them for personal reasons doesn't make it an assassination just because they're a world leader.