My wish for the new year is that the word "terror" be banned for ALL TIME. I can't go anywhere without hearing or reading the word. Everything is "terror". Terror...terror...terror. A child hits someone on the playground...terror. Someone cuts in line at the grocery store...terror. Late on your rent? Terror. Give me a BREAK. Not every single thing that happens is terror. Just like the fact that not everyone who attacks a pope is "mentally unstable", as the Vatican would have you believe. Some people are just bad. Some are just plain old bastards. I fear that soon everything will be labeled terror. Once we start labeling any and every thing as terror then we can all be held without being charged as an "enemy combatant". Is that what we really want? It's sad to see the resurgence of this ridiculous blanket term in the media and beyond. I'm sick and tired of "the world" trying to scare the shit out of me at every turn. So the next time you see someone pull something out of his underwear on a flight, just beat his or her ASS, then sit back down and enjoy your peanuts. There is NO need to be filled with terror all the time.
The bottom line:
There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
