The definition around here of "terrorism" is less than precise.
It's not surprising that Publius could lump dumping boxes of tea in a harbor with shooting fleeing schoolchildren in the back, killing aid workers, beheading civilians, blowing up churches and mosques, and blowing up Iraqis waiting in line to serve their country.
To be a leftist in the modern world seems to require a complete obliteration of any concept of moral judgment, degree, and perspective.
Bringing up right-wing death squads is particularly lame. Reminds me of those who, when I ask what the Left has done worthwhile lately, can't think of anything that happened less than thirty years ago.
Still got a bumper sticker that says "U.S. Out of El Salvador?"