Who Is A Terrorist?
There are angels and angels. Like the cherubs. Like the seraphs.
And Satan the devil, himself. There are prophets and prophets.
Like Jesus Christ. Like Muhammad. Like Siddhartha Guatama. And
there are terrorists and terrorists. Like. . . . Don't think
that I am going to mention Osama Bin Laden. Or some madman
wielding a bomb, a gun , or a knife. No! Because there have come
to be many terrorists after September 11, 2001.
The Shorter Oxford Dictionary on Historical Principles defines
the word terrorist as " anyone who attempts to further his views
by a system of coercive intimidation". But today that definition
is relative. Because we are all terrorists! Forget the
Palestinian suicide bombers. Ignore the Muslim fundamentalists.
Do not think of those ones doing havoc in Indonesia, Russia or
East Africa. And remember not the several "terrorist" groups
mushrooming around the world. Yes, forget them.
Now, look around you, and you will come to see that you do not
have to go too far to look for a terrorist. Because that husband
who turns his wife into a punching bag is a terrorist. Because
that smoker who carelessly threw away the butt of his burning
cigarette into the bush, which eventually starts a conflagration
is a terrorist. Because the worker who goes on strike to demand
better pay is also a terrorist. The list has not ended.
If you are suspected of producing nuclear weapons, especially if
you live in North Korea, you are a terrorist. If it is thought
that you are hiding weapons of mass destruction, and your
country is called Iraq, you are a terrorist. If you are an Arab
Muslim from the Middle-East, you are a terrorist. If you are an
undocumented immigrant in the United States, you must be a
terrorist. I am not yet finished.
The other day, a German government official called George Bush,
Jnr. a nazi. Now come to think of it—nazi—fancy word
for terrorist. So if you are fighting the war on terror, you are
a terrorist. If you are a dictator that goes by the name of
Robert Mugabe—chasing white farmers and your political
opponents all over the place, no doubt, you must be a terrorist.
But that is not all.
If you are a writer that likes to "intimidate" your readers, you
are a terrorist. If you are a newsman like Robin White of the
BBC, who always asks his interviewees embarrassing, questions,
you are a terrorist. And if you are a baby born today, I welcome
you, "baby" terrorist. Because you have just tormented your
mother for nine months. Because she has just passed through
terrible birth pains for your sake. Perhaps, she died in the
process. No thanks to a terrorist like you.
And if you folks out there dare post a contrary opinion to this
article, then you are a terrorist! And I will point you out to
George Bush Jnr, and his "lap-dog" Tony Blair. And you will find
yourself in the lonely Guantanamo Bay near "dangerous" Cuba
learning how not to be a terrorist. (Something like weeping and
gnashing of teeth.) Call the angels! Call the prophets! No
dialing tone!!
I am done.
ARTHUR ZULU, The Most controversial Writer in the World, is the
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