So crimes explicitly intended to terrorize us are not terrorism? The Islamist extremists have no hesitancy committing grotesque acts of cruelty while loudly proclaiming they are trying to intimidate those who don’t submit. Your brilliant thought is to pretend it will go away if we just refuse to call it what it is. We all wish you a pleasant sleep — just pull the covers over your head, while the rest of us confront the stark reality.