[WikiEN-l] Sep 11 (wasL User:LanceMurdoch)

Fri Jan 16 01:47:14 UTC 2004

Ray Saintonge wrote:
>It should be taken out because it is both a characterization 
>and unnecesary for identifying the incident.  

It should only be taken out if it is deemed unnecessary for identifying the 
incident. Otherwise we would have to rename [[My Lai Massacre]], [[Boston 
Massacre]], (many, many other 'massacres'), [[Holocaust]], [[Racism]], and 
[[Terrorism]] itself.

>There are numerous other incidents which might be qualified 
>as "terrorist", but where that term might be more hotly disputed.  

Then we dispute those! But please no blacklisting of terms. That is Newspeak 
and censorship.  

>By completely avoiding the term "terrorist", even when it seems 
>obvious, we can avoid the need to set boundaries that define 
>what is and what is not a terrorist act. 

Self-censorship is the worse kind. 

-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)