MY THOUGHTS ON “TERRORISM”.

The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s dictionary defines terrorism as: “(threats of) violent action for political purposes”. This being as it may; I define terrorism as acts that create terror (extreme fear) in the minds of the citizenry making them to succumb to the demands of usurpers of any kind of privileged leadership with the intent of holding the souls of men captive in a form of quasi-psychological slavery.

The potency of terrorism as a means to privileged leadership; lies in its ability to coerce a race, nation or people into mental slavery through the use of or the threat of violence creating the feeling of helplessness in the minds of the so oppressed.

Terrorism creates a certain feeling of insecurity and a foreboding of impending catastrophe in the psyche of the young, old and the aged.

… Another war on my mind … man engaging man in a contest for supremacy!

I live in a neighbourhood where co-occupants are unfriendly and gang-up against me, where “friends” exploit me, where I sincerely feel I cannot bring my woman into for fear of any mishap; where I’d have to shield my woman from “friends” and “family” – clearly spelling out the words loud in the sky for all to see: the terrorist that has so much scared you and me is that neighbour  that friend, that family member, that house-mate with whom we’d once shared our food, faith and future aspirations. They live with and among us; we share the same bin, the same compound, the same street, same amenities, the same cabs and the weapon of our common protection which they turn against us.

We've been partakers of the same cup and they've lifted their heels against us! … not because we've gone wrong or because of our ineptitude but because of their greed, malice, envy and crave for power – the desire to dominate and hold the ace that controls all of mankind … whatever that is … The average terrorist is a megalomaniac of the most psychopathic order defying the restraint of our most sophisticated rehabs … misguided souls …

Our love for them constrains us … but it is high-time we take the bull by the horns and say NO! Enough of this carnage!

Until we come to a point where we’re ready to break free of our mental shackles and be ready to hand over - a brother, a sister, an uncle, a mum, an aunt, that spouse, a dad, a nephew, that neighbour  that family, that boss, that Pastor, that Imam; to the authorities on account of terrorism, we might have to grapple with the menace for over a much more longer time to come. If you will not, you may end up being the next victim … who knows? ‘Cos it is the peace of this global family that’s going to count; and is all that matters after all.

PEACE UPON EARTH AND GOODWILL UNTO ALL MEN!

CIAO!

Written, 24^th of April. 2013.