Are You A Terrorist&;#063;

There are angels and angels. Like the cherubs. Like the seraphs. And
Satan the devil, himself. There are prophets and prophets. Like Jesus
Christ. Like Muhammad. Like Siddhartha Guatama. And there are
terrorists and terrorists. Like. . . . Don't think that I am going to
mention Osama Bin Laden. Or some madman wielding a bomb, a gun , or a
knife. No! Because there have come to be many terrorists after
September 11, 2001.

The Shorter Oxford Dictionary on Historical Principles defines the word
terrorist as " anyone who attempts to further his views by a system of
coercive intimidation". But today that definition is relative. Because
we are all terrorists! Forget the Palestinian suicide bombers. Ignore
the Muslim fundamentalists. Do not think of those ones doing havoc in
Indonesia, Russia or East Africa. And remember not the several
"terrorist" groups mushrooming around the world. Yes, forget
them.

Now, look around you, and you will come to see that you do not have to
go too far to look for a terrorist. Because that husband who turns his
wife into a punching bag is a terrorist. Because that smoker who
carelessly threw away the butt of his burning cigarette into the bush,
which eventually starts a conflagration is a terrorist. Because the
worker who goes on strike to demand better pay is also a terrorist. The
list has not ended.

If you are suspected of producing nuclear weapons, especially if you
live in North Korea, you are a terrorist. If it is thought that you are
hiding weapons of mass destruction, and your country is called Iraq,
you are a terrorist. If you are an Arab Muslim from the Middle-East,
you are a terrorist. If you are an undocumented immigrant in the United
States, you must be a terrorist. I am not yet finished.

The other day, a German government official called George Bush, Jnr. a
nazi. Now come to think of it-nazi-fancy word for terrorist. So if you
are fighting the war on terror, you are a terrorist. If you are a
dictator that goes by the name of Robert Mugabe-chasing white farmers
and your political opponents all over the place, no doubt, you must be
a terrorist. But that is not all.

If you are a writer that likes to "intimidate" your readers, you are a
terrorist. If you are a newsman like Robin White of the BBC, who always
asks his interviewees embarrassing, questions, you are a terrorist. And
if you are a baby born today, I welcome you, "baby" terrorist. Because
you have just tormented your mother for nine months. Because she has
just passed through terrible birth pains for your sake. Perhaps, she
died in the process. No thanks to a terrorist like you.

And if you folks out there dare post a contrary opinion to this
article, then you are a terrorist! And I will point you out to George
Bush Jnr, and his "lap-dog" Tony Blair. And you will find yourself in
the lonely Guantanamo Bay near " dangerous" Cuba learning how not to be
a terrorist. (Something like weeping and gnashing of teeth.) Call the
angels! Call the prophets! No dialing tone!!

I am done.