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Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda
To me though calling it a tragedy puts it in comparison to the Boston bombing or one of the multitude of mass shootings down south. It was no where near any of that in terms of casualties or fear/panic that was induced, and IMO there should be a different term that applies which recognizes how good the response from police was in preventing a true tragedy
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There is no such thing. Tragedy doesn't have a threshold. One tragedy isn't diminished by another of a lesser relative impact. Otherwise the Boston bombing would be diminished by 9/11, would be diminished by 2004 tsunami, would be diminished by...