Ray Saintonge wrote:
It should be taken out because it is both a characterization and unnecesary for identifying the incident.
It should only be taken out if it is deemed unnecessary for identifying the incident. Otherwise we would have to rename [[My Lai Massacre]], [[Boston Massacre]], (many, many other 'massacres'), [[Holocaust]], [[Racism]], and [[Terrorism]] itself.
There are numerous other incidents which might be qualified as "terrorist", but where that term might be more hotly disputed.
Then we dispute those! But please no blacklisting of terms. That is Newspeak and censorship.
By completely avoiding the term "terrorist", even when it seems obvious, we can avoid the need to set boundaries that define what is and what is not a terrorist act.
Self-censorship is the worse kind.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)