The Unabomber....easy. I have more in mind but there's a real easy example. Methods+intent+results do not equal a simple definition of any of those terms.
Yeah he fits perfectly, sure. He tried to blow up a plane. OK, so it wasn't successful, and of course you can't label him based on what didn't happen, BUT serial killers don't try to blow up planes, that's what a mass murderer does. He planted the bomb, and one small thing went wrong so it didn't detonate, but still the fact that he DID that shows he's more than a serial killer mentally.
He's also a suspect in the Chicago Tylenol Murders, which may or may not ever get solved, but still he's a new suspect. Until he's cleared of that, judgement needs to be reserved anyway.
Yes because he was a domestic terrorist who failed and ended up a serial killer. Again you're confusing their actions as having something to do with a "serial killer"
Is it normal I think we need to throw out the term 'Serial Killer'?
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The Unabomber....easy. I have more in mind but there's a real easy example. Methods+intent+results do not equal a simple definition of any of those terms.
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Methods+intent+results have nothing to do with anything, you are very confused as to how they label a "serial killer"
The unabomber killed three people over a very extended time, he fits perfectly into the term "serial killer"
How he killed them and why isn't a factor in the term as every serial killer has his/her own reasons.
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Yeah he fits perfectly, sure. He tried to blow up a plane. OK, so it wasn't successful, and of course you can't label him based on what didn't happen, BUT serial killers don't try to blow up planes, that's what a mass murderer does. He planted the bomb, and one small thing went wrong so it didn't detonate, but still the fact that he DID that shows he's more than a serial killer mentally.
He's also a suspect in the Chicago Tylenol Murders, which may or may not ever get solved, but still he's a new suspect. Until he's cleared of that, judgement needs to be reserved anyway.
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Yes because he was a domestic terrorist who failed and ended up a serial killer. Again you're confusing their actions as having something to do with a "serial killer"