Daily Archives: March 1, 2004


What’s Terrorism

Eric Muller is looking for a little clarity:

In December of 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft equated criticism of the administration’s policies with “aiding terrorists.”
Last week Secretary of Education Rod Paige called the nation’s largest teacher’s union a “terrorist organization” because the union opposes parts of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
And now private citizens are joining the rhetorical war. A Wyoming rancher is accusing agents of the federal Fish and Wildlife Service of “terrorism” for going onto his land to collar a tranquilized wolf.
Ah, for the good old days when terrorism was, like, blowing up buildings and stuff.

And this rhetorical softness serves the needs of an administration that wants to fight a never ending war against something called terrorism.
Go to Eric’s original post for links to the examples.