From Merriam-Webster online:

Main Entry: terrorism
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
- terrorist /-&r-ist/ adjective or noun
- terroristic /"ter-&r-'is-tik/ adjectiv

We Westerners like to imagine ourselves as being hard set upon. Just talk to anyone who lived through the depression and they'll tell youhow much they suffered, then their neighbour wil say "You think that's bad...". The article gilles excerpted was not trying to finesse its point and I merely tried to illustrate that. I made no comment for or against Americans or Arabs.

Sometimes you like to read far too deeply into what others scribble here. Sometimes you just like to cause shit.

Sometimes I like to point out inconsistencies.

So what.

If you're trying to start another feud, tough luck.