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 author
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