re: What is the real difference between a terror and a non terror attack?

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I guess its my fault for asking a nonpartial question on a southern football forum with the masses being right.

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No, you're coming at it from a very naive point of view and moral relativism. Sure, the end result is dead people. The bigger picture is that this is a portion of a religious war set out by Islam to instill terror upon the west. This isn't the result of a dispute or bad feelings between two people who know each other. (as most murders are) Also, Islam is as much a religion as it is a political ideology.

I assume you are anti-hate-crime laws. I am, as they are against the First Amendment and seek to punish bad thoughts.

Also, apart from any legal implications, we look at motive in an effort to understand why someone did something and to help bring them to justice and to try to prevent it from happening again. While "terror" may be overused, it isn't the meaningless term you are making it out to be.