Yes, I know terrorism spreads fear and uncertainty. That's how it's earned it's own category. The questions is WHY. There are sooooo many more things that can and do kill people in the US, even including 9-11 in the stats. In Canada, it's hard to imagine anything less likely to hurt you than terrorism. Maybe a failed parachute deployment? I'd guess that's happened once or twice in Canada.
We're supposed to be a cynical, media-savvy group here but lay out an explosion or vehicular carnage from across the ocean on the news and all of a sudden it's "OMG we need to do everything we can to stop this mayhem regardless of any other considerations!" WTF!?!
Until there's a rationale for the massive overreaction to terrorism, the only difference between it and other forms of killing is in the name it earns.