"he might question whether the person who shouted out 'terrorists' actually hated the couple he directed it to. He might have thought he was being funny, might have been trying to impress friends" I have to admit, my chief concern was the recipients of the 'jest' from the perpetrator. They're clearly identifiable as Muslims, so how, when they're called a terrorist in a public place, could they ever take offence and think it was anything other than "just a laugh" ?