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To: average joe who wrote (307936)	5/31/2009 8:30:31 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793689

George Tiller was shot to death by a terrorist* on May 31, 2009, during worship services at Reformation Lutheran Church in Wichita where he was serving as an usher.* Terrorist!? I thought we now have only man made disasters.

To: average joe who wrote (307936)	5/31/2009 8:37:36 PM
From: Stevefoder	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793689

George Tiller was shot to death by a terrorist on May 31, 2009, during worship services I do not agree with the word terrorist. This is not nit-picking but it is important to have the word used when appropriately or it does not mean anything. A better word would be assassin or murderer. The assassin is not a terrorist because: * He only targeted the one person. * He did not use a bomb to take out as many other innocent victims as possible. * He did not seek to create terror in a larger general population. * He does not known have a history of similar action. If we use the word terrorist loosely then defining Osama Bin Laden as a terrorist will mean nothing more than on ordinary criminal. Words mean something.