Trumpled (Alternative Leading)

[DJC]

If you commit an act of terror you're a terrorist.

Is murdering someone and taking a hostage an act of terror?  It seems to happen fairly often, unfortunately.

Is the nutter who killed the people in the CBD a terrorist?  Is the Port Arthur shooter a terrorist or mass murderer?

There's no generally accepted definition of terrorist or terrorism but there is some consensus that it has to be politically motivated.  For example, the anti-abortion murders and kidnappings perpetrated in the USA, Canada and Australia are recognised as acts of Christian terrorists.