[WikiEN-l] The word 'terrorist'

Wed Feb 11 23:17:26 UTC 2004

--- Delirium <delirium at rufus.d2g.com> wrote:

> I suppose my position on this is that I'd rather use the words 
> "terrorist" and similarly-loaded words like "murder" as little as 
> possible, because they add only opinionated connotation, and not
> really any factual information.
>... 
> I think we ought to just present facts, and in many cases the
> facts alone are enough to damn those people who many of us would
> like to condemn, so we don't need to do so explicitly.
>... 
> I do think we can use "terrorist" especially when it's informative,
> just not when we're trying to make it descriptive.  For example,
> it should be 
> mentioned that the Sept. 11 attacks touched off large-scale fear of 
> terrorism in the US, and a "war on terrorism", and so on.

Agree with Delerium 100%.

-- Zero

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