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Terror+ism
Josey1
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Terror+ism by Tristan Petersen Anything which has an ism or an ist at the end is something to be wary of. For political definitions usually follow such naming conventions, and when a word has been motivated by political factors, we know the concept supposedly backing it is null and void. Such is the case with the current buzz-word, terrorism. The concept of terror can only exist in the minds of people whose natural rights to defend themselves have been taken away. "Terrorists" don't actually cause terror to occur. It occurs when the government says you can't defend yourself. Only after this fundamental sapient right to defend yourself is taken away, can other unscrupulous men "terrorize" you. This is very easy to see by a story a very good friend of mine told me one day. Note: it's true, but names have been changed to protect the innocent. Late at night somewhere in Houston, Charlie's car broke down in a "bad" section of town. He went to the first pay-phone he could find, and dialed for assistance. While taking care of business in the booth, three men approached the booth and were staring at him. However, as Charlie was armed with an assortment of personal defense tools (guns), he stared right back at them. I imagine the three men were thinking at this point, "why is he not scared, or better yet, "terrorized" of us?" "There must be some reason why he's not trembling in terror, because this is a 'bad' section of town." So, they left, probably to find some idiotic gun control advocate who prefers to be a lamb for the slaughter and who believes the government can protect him. After the three men left, a cop was driving by (what are the chances of that!), and immediately stopped to exclaim to Charlie what a "bad" section of town he was in! Bad, indeed, Mr. Runs-with-Donuts. The concept of terror can only exist in the minds of those who choose not to protect themselves, for one reason or another. Government compounds the problem, by taking more measures designed to reward immorality and punish morality. The only one who can defend yourself is you. October 8, 2001 http://www.anti-state.com/petersen/petersen1.html Tristan Petersen currently resides in Rochester, NY. He attends Rochester Institute of Technology, but isn't too happy about it. RIT is a whore of the state, and takes his time away from building businesses devoted to freedom.