The murder of nine worshipers at a historically black church wasn't only a hate crime, it was also an example of terror that can strike at any moment in America; without the attention given to terrorist groups based in the Middle East.
In the case of terror attacks, as an example, this is not always the case.
Moreover, recent examples of "totalitarian terror" (a phrase used by Arendt) show that belief and conviction, not thoughtlessness, are essential parts of such evil acts.
Because of this and other examples of communist terror, some Montenegrins turned against the Partisans.
Like most of the greatest examples of true terror, what's so unnerving here comes from the perspective and the tone, carried in the strange dictation of the narrator, who is the archetypal model for a "creeper".
Radiologic dispersal devices ("dirty bombs") are examples of radiation terror that present a challenge for homeland security because of their simplicity and relative ease of acquisition.
Meanwhile, France has supplied a disturbing example of how terror attacks can generate support for an authoritarian backlash against immigrants and Muslims.
He said: "This is the latest example of extremist terror and we have to fight it with everything we have: whether that is taking the poison out of young minds here in Britain, whether it is working with intelligence, policing and security services in other countries around the world, dealing decisively in the areas of the world from which these problems come.
Mr Cameron said the attack was "the latest example of extremist terror".
Because President Bush very quickly and smartly came to the public defense of Muslims and Islam in the face of heinous terrorist acts, saying, for example: "The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam.
