For a good long while, starting in 2002, I tried to convince people to adopt and promise to use the term "criminal mass murder conspiracies" (CMMC) in lieu of "

For a good long while, starting in 2002, I tried to convince people to adopt and promise to use the term "criminal mass murder conspiracies" (CMMC) in lieu of "terrorism". Dinner parties, discussions in bars, whenever the language of the topic came up I flogged that point. I don't think I got a single convert even among people who liked the point I was making. "Terrorism" is a memorable and virile meme. I never really decided to stop flogging that point. But I haven't in years. Maybe I'll start up again. Maybe people are more ready to hear it. Perhaps you would care to take up the term too?