> but there are people in the world who do very very bad things to innocent people. And we have some very good laws to deal with that. Laws against murder for

> but there are people in the world who do very very bad things to innocent people. And we have some very good laws to deal with that. Laws against murder for example. I think the analogy between 'terror' and 'devil' is a good one, because it captures the almost mystical 'special' evil that 'terrorist' implies. It's a childish, primitive term, with the same kind of semantic effect as the word 'baddie' in reference to an action movie.