Good point.
We shouldn’t have to be vigilant against terrorism.
Non-muslim culture never had to worry about it for hundreds and thousands of years.
There is the subtle implication there that is easy to miss.
Sorry you had to see those terror attacks.
There should be no mercy for those who perpetrate them.
I looked up several sources' definition of terrorism. Most closely follow the one that comes up when I do a simple web search:
Terrorism: the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.
Now, one can quibble about what does or does not constitute "unlawful", and / or "political", but, uh, I cannot name a major culture in which terrorism by such a definition has not been a tactic at some point or another "for hundreds and thousands of years". The news of it has just become more widely and quickly disseminated by modern communications.
Was the firebombing of German cities in WW2 "terrorism"? That's a dicey one - it somewhat depends on who you talk to.
Was what Native Americans (and foreign powers backing them) did to some of Daniel Boone's family members, friends, etc., "terrorism"? At the very least it was savagery -- and ol' Daniel & company did a lot of it right back, too. (Reading his diaries is a bit eye-opening.)
Has terrorism in the "West" ramped back up in the last couple decades? Absolutely. But, golly, just an eyeblink in time ago, in my neck of the woods the threat of Native Americans turning me into a reverse porcupine and then scalping me was MUCH greater than the threat of terrorism is today (even if I visit tourist spots in London.)
IMO, complaining that we shouldn’t have to be vigilant against terrorism is sort of like me, living in a rural area, complaining that I should not be vigilant about ticks, what with the spread of tick born diseases. Threats come and go -- todays are lesser than in the past, overall.
That said, I believe the proper gripe against the good Mayor (/s) is that it is foolish at best, and evil if done with realization of consequences, to pursue policies that increase the risk of terrorism, for inane reasons such as often given by libs, and THEN say "we have to be vigilant...".