Dave said:
A couple of weeks ago, she sent me the following, which sums up some thoughts I've ben having lately about what's wrong with the current administration's approach to terrorism -- it gives the terrorists just what they want: for us to be afraid. For us to lose our freedoms in the name of a little illusory safety. For us to be _not_ US.
One of the most striking things about the July 7 attacks was how utterly unterrified we all were. I know people who were very close to the bombing attacks and their response was uniformly calm and practical. In fact, those attacks seemed to cause more anxiety and fear on the other side of the Atlantic than they did here.
I think a positive first step would be switching nomenclature from "terrorist" to "idiot", for calling them terrorists tends to suggest that we're terrified of them or at least potentially so. Besides, news stories that start "A group of idiots demonstrated their stupidity by blowing themselves up..." are so much less glamorous from their point of view.
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