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Terror makes for poor political weapon

How can anyone commit such an atrocity against the innocent people that were there Tuesday? The only "crime" that those innocents committed was to try and lead a productive life in the best way that they knew how. And, now, untold numbers of those people have lost the chance to lead that life. I cannot imagine anyone even considering such an act. How can the goal of anyone be to destroy as many people as possible? That is what it boils down to, the death of the innocent. It can be hidden behind a nice easy euphemism of liberty or rights, but its true intention is revealed in the senseless destruction that we have witnessed Tuesday. I see the acts that have been committed Tuesday as a crime against a group of people based solely upon where they live, and what they believe, and I see this as a crime of murder upon a specific race of people. Everyone in this country, regardless of where they come from is a single race, an American race, and a horrible crime of genocide has been committed against that race. Those who claim that we have stolen their rights and liberties are now attempting to steal our right to live in peace and free from fear. Hypocrisy makes for a poor weapon to further one’s goals, just as much as terror.

Terror exists to serve itself alone. It does not serve those deluded enough to think that it would make a convincing political weapon. The things that have been done Tuesday will never bring about the goal, the euphemism, which they were supposedly committed for. Indeed, the actions that have occurred will probably ensure that those goals will never be achieved.

Geoffrey C. Lowes

Sophomore, Schools of Engineering

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