Shark attacks are terrifying; on that I think we all agree. So are sharks therefore ‘terrorists’? If a Michigan state attorney can charge a 15- year old school shooter who ‘terrified’ his classmates with terrorism where does this all end?
Borealis looks at the worrisome recent tendency to attach the ‘terrorism’ label to lots of events which have nothing to do with terrorism.
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Way too many things are being called terrorism today
In the wake of another mass school shooting in the US – this time in a city near Detroit – a 15-year old teen has been charged, among other things, with ‘terrorism’. The rationale? He ‘terrorised’ the student population. Is this a good move?
Borealis looks at the ever-expanding use of terrorism in very unnecessary ways.
