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Confused people and moral relativists tell us that one man??s terrorist is another man??s freedom fighter. But there should be no ambiguity regarding the term. A terrorist is anyone who uses violence to target civilians. If freedom fighters target civilians then they are terrorists. Social action groups that also engage in acts of violence against civilians are terrorists as well. Hamas, for example, has offered many humanitarian services in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Nonetheless, it is responsible for dozens of suicide bombings, which makes it a terrorist group despite its large social...
...while my mind traversed these paths of catastrophic mechanical failure, the idea of a hijacking never entered my mind, not even once. My thoughts were well ensconced in the man vs. nature theme—with nature exacting a devilish price for the sheer hubris of man??not deranged and self-righteous men taking the lives of countless innocents. Hijackings were things that happened to airliners of other more fractious nations, or in the decade just prior to my existence—the bleary and shadowy 1970s...
...essays. And it all manages to be astonishingly devoid of gusto, even in its highest praise. In her “Letter to Borges’’ (1996)—a wise, charitable and admirable short work—she makes clear her affection for the man??s writing, but with no locutions less stiff than “I miss you’’ and “you were our greatest living writer.’’ One wonders whether literary celebritydom and the inherent respectability of her subject...
...section shows how clearly inappropriate this supposedly controversy-raising section can be. Paired offerings in this section included “We Must Do Everything We Can For The Children”—“Children, Schmildren” and “You The Man?...
While the edge hasn’t gone from the Onion, in some places it may be too sharp for good taste. Headlines such as “Fun Toy Banned Because of Three Stupid Dead Kids” and “Loved Ones Recall Local Man??s Cowardly Battle With Cancer,” provoke that horrible smirk-shudder reaction, and the book might be better had they been left...