&quot;Terrorism&quot; is a topic where we have to come to grips with definitions early on, or the analysis goes seriously astray.<p>To me, terrorism is the use of stealth to deliberately target civilians in a media effort to change political opinion.<p>I&#x27;ve had this definition for several years, and I have never reached some of the crazy conclusions other commentators reach about the topic &quot;George Washington was a terrorist!&quot; &quot;One man&#x27;s terrorist is another man&#x27;s freedom fighter&quot; and so on.<p>Definitions matter.<p>Note: This is not related to the merits of the FBI&#x27;s case. My point is simply that we can all use the word &quot;terrorism&quot; and all actually be talking about different things.