Terrorism and Terrorists

28 11 2007

We are living in a curious age. An age of smoke and mirrors. An age of doublespeak by politicians and doublethink by people.

This is also an age of ‘terrorism.’  The phrase is repeated ad nauseum by the media and by our supposed ‘representative’ governments.

Terrorism. Just what is it exactly?  There does not seem to be a consensus on what its definition is, which is convenient for those who promote it. Some things are obvious though:

Terrorism involves one group inflicting fear upon another through actions or threat of actions designed to further the first groups agenda, mainly political.

When one is ‘terrified’, they are in fear of something. Fear is the key to terrorism. Without it, the group experiencing the terrorism will not be intimidated into altering its view or direction. Read the rest of this entry »