what's in a word?

[rich]

doesnt get much better than Delillo's loose definition from Mao II:
*the language of being noticed, the only language the West understands.*

rich

On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:46 PM, Danny Weltman <danny.weltman at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If "traditional" actually means "original," the "traditional" meaning of
> the term is the intimidation undertaken by the government during the Reign
> of Terror in the French Revolution. If by "traditional" we just mean "what
> it has meant up until recently," then the "traditional" meaning has changed
> over time, as is the case with most politically charged words (and with a
> good chunk of less politically charged words, too). A good summary can be
> found in section 1 of this article:
> http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/terrorism/
>
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I always thought the core 'traditional' meaning of the word was to
>> kill/attack citizens when not at war.
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 1:35 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > This is the traditional meaning of the word, I always thought.
>> >
>> > Non-terrorist gun killing may be the greater threat in one sense, but a
>> > lesser one in another.  Fear can change people in bad ways, but THAT
>> ship
>> > has sailed.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:44 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> So, by this logic, the motive of the killer determines whether the
>> >> violence is an act of terrorism.  Only if the intent is to instill a
>> sense
>> >> of danger/terror in the surviving populace would the act be properly
>> called
>> >> terroeism.
>> >>
>> >> David Morris
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> "
>> >>> As one friend pointed out, Paris is not actually any more dangerous
>> than
>> >>> before Nov. 13. What's changed, dramatically, is our perception of
>> imminent
>> >>> danger. And that makes all the psychological difference."
>> >>>
>> >>> And that's what makes it TERRORISM.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2015/12/03/does-motive-matter-in-mass-shootings-like-the-one-in-san-bernadino/even-in-paris-guns-look-like-a-greater-threat-than-terrorism
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
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