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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
They don't really have access to that level of destruction, and in context terrorism is an extremely minor thing to worry about, it's sensationalised because it's less about the danger or death toll and more about an affront to western culture.
You should have beef with people who post facts, and we don't need to forget facts to recognise the impact of horrible events like this.
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This attack and others, have shown that you don't need access to highly destructive components.
The boston bombings were carried out with pressure cookers for example. the other terrorist events in Europe by hand weapons or small quantities of explosives.
You can't define terrorism by the sophistication of the act. The whole basis in terms of the message that a group like ISIS is putting out is that you don't need much to do their bidding.
The common definition of terrorism is to terrorize, it goes hand in hand with the idea that Stalin put forth that a few is a tragedy and large number of casualties is a statistic.
A act that takes out 20 people is no less horrifying and change defining then an event like 9/11 with casualties in the thousands.
If anything these smaller casualty strikes are more terrifying because you don't need large cells, a lot of coordination or lots of money to pull something like what happened in the UK off. You need one guy who's determined, 10 bucks worth of nails and probably something household as an explosive. Its tougher to detect, yet its easier to tear at the soft under belly of a society.