BTW, this “incident” wasn’t a “tragedy”(3), nor was 9/11. The proper word is “atrocity”(1).Thank you, thank you, thank you.
The abuse of the word “tragedy”(3) by the pc crowd drives me nutz.
Like you correctly state these things are an atrocity (1). Atrocious(2) acts committed by maniacs.
(1) Atrocity - noun
a) the quality or state of being atrocious.
b) an atrocious act, thing, or circumstance.(2) Atrocious - adjective
a) extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
b) shockingly bad or tasteless; dreadful; abominable: an atrocious painting; atrocious manners.3) tragedy - noun
a) a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society, to downfall or destruction.
b) a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: the tragedy of war.
A head-on Train Crash is a 'tragedy'. A volcano erupting and wiping out a village is a 'tragedy'. But a 'tragedy' is NOT some lunatic killing and/or shooting up a group of people.
Best, most applicable part of the definition:
“extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime”