• defunct_punk
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 个月前

    No offense but there are all well-defined terms…

    • Don_DickleOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 个月前

      Ok for a serial killer is it 2 or 3 or 10. For a terrorist is it 50 or 100. For a genocide is it like a million or similar??

      • onslaught545@lemmy.zip
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        edit-2
        1 个月前

        You always need a minimum of 3 occurrences to establish a pattern.

        Once is a one-off

        Twice is a coincidence

        Three times is a pattern.

        But what differentiates a serial killer from a mass shooter, spree killer, terrorist, or genocider isn’t the body count. It’s that they have a specific MO that they rarely deviate from.

        Actually, none of the things you’ve mentioned are classified by body count.

        A terrorist attack requires the intent to spread their message through fear. It also doesn’t require any deaths.

        Genocide is the intent to exterminate a specific population.