The latest terrorist outrage, if that is what it is, and it is hard to see what else it can be, that took place yesterday in Berlin, is by no means the first of its type; indeed, so common have such attacks become, that it is hard to keep track of them all. This is the Age of Terrorism, and a particular type of terrorism too. The Nice attacks of July 14, Bastille Day, were seen as an attack on 'liberty, fraternity and equality', the three things people are supposed to celebrate on that date. It will be interesting to see how commentators treat an attack on a Christmas market – as an attack on 'peace and goodwill', perhaps? Or was this like the attack on the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, an attack on a specifically Christian target? Or will we be told, once again, that this has nothing to do with religion?