Chapter 33: Terror-Free Islands
Does a person have to affiliate with a terrorist organization or fly planes into skyscrapers to be a terrorist or could an abusive spouse or parent be labeled terrorist? Is a disgruntled employee who badmouths his company a terrorist? Were the Indians who killed four settlers in Grafton, Utah on April 2, 1866 terrorists? Are bullies who bully or adulterers who break covenants terrorists? Narrowly, a terrorist is a person who unlawfully uses force to gain political or social objectives. Broadly, a terrorist is a person who purposely causes terror in another. Powerthesaurus.org lists forty-nine synonyms for terrorists such as: frighteners, bullies, butchers, thieves, guerillas, and evildoers. Survivors define terrorists by the physical and emotional losses, scarring, and pain they suffer. Families who lose loved ones to terror are never the same. Every terrorist act victimizes and dishonors humanity. Terro...