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Posted on entry The terrorists who don't count ::: October 31, 2006, 03:10 PM:
In fact I think the word terrorist itself is pretty meaningless and loaded and I myself refuse to use it in this sense.

I agree. Terrorism means violence (and threatened violence) against civilians, but those who commit terrorist acts don't make the same combatant-civilian distinction that we have in mind. Abortion clinic bombers don't consider abortion providers to be "innocent." The 9/11 attackers didn't consider their victims to be "innocent" either. But if we don't use the term terrorism, what do we use? How do we distinguish this kind of crime from more "common" kinds of crime?
Posted on entry The terrorists who don't count ::: October 31, 2006, 12:56 PM:
Heh! I had thought of "Christofascists" too, but I didn't suggest it because I was afraid of opening up a whole argument about the definition of Fascism - an argument that no one can win. I don't think the American people have a clear understanding of what Fascism really is, and I don't think that's the American people's fault.
Posted on entry The terrorists who don't count ::: October 31, 2006, 11:23 AM:
This is why the term "Christianist" has been popularized, but I'm not sure it creates a strong enough distinction, since it still contains the word "Christian" and all. Hey, how about "evildoers?" Or, wait a minute - how about "Christ Killers?"
Posted on entry Hard-won convenience ::: August 15, 2006, 03:52 PM:
Awesome. Rad. Kewl. Ods bodkins. Increasing the font size myself had always worked OK, but not messing up the layout works even better. Thanks. Soon we were going to have to rename Whisperado the Blind Boys of Brooklyn.
Posted on entry Greetings from the melting pot ::: May 19, 2006, 05:39 PM:
Mishalak: According to this, of US cities with over half a million people New York is the fourth safest, while Denver isn't even in the top 10. Nothing against Denver. I'm just sayin' is all.

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