[WikiEN-l] The word 'terrorist'

[Ray Saintonge]

zero 0000 wrote:

>--- Delirium <delirium at rufus.d2g.com> wrote:
>
>>I suppose my position on this is that I'd rather use the words 
>>"terrorist" and similarly-loaded words like "murder" as little as 
>>possible, because they add only opinionated connotation, and not
>>really any factual information.
>>... 
>>I think we ought to just present facts, and in many cases the
>>facts alone are enough to damn those people who many of us would
>>like to condemn, so we don't need to do so explicitly.
>>... 
>>I do think we can use "terrorist" especially when it's informative,
>>just not when we're trying to make it descriptive.  For example,
>>it should be 
>>mentioned that the Sept. 11 attacks touched off large-scale fear of 
>>terrorism in the US, and a "war on terrorism", and so on.
>>
>
>Agree with Delerium 100%.
>
I too support this.  People often fail to realize how much implicit POV 
is implied by one's choice of words.

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