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In the English language many words are difficult to define, but two words in particular had been brought to my attention when during English class we were given the ever so daunting task of defining what bullshit is, how it is used in society, and how much of it there truly is. Along with the definition of bullshit we have also studied the definition of the word terrorism. I cant help but see a relation between the two words of bullshit and terrorism. In this paper I will explain a relationship between these two words.
Bullshit. It is a term that we use every day in casual conversation, but before this class I never stopped to think about what the true meaning of the word is, or how it is used. For some reason or another the term bullshit becomes extremely hard to define when you break it down. It is my belief that bullshit comes from when a person decides to say or do something they have not, will not, or intended to say or do. There is so much bullshit created by society because we as humans wish to create an ideal image of ourselves to other people. When we do this we feel a need to supply evidence to stake our claim as being what I like to call as “the shit” to our selves and others, thus we as society have created what is known as bullshit.
A lot like the word bullshit, terrorism is a very difficult word to define. One could choose to throw away the entire usage of the word terrorism and just use the word insurgency, but where would that leave the American public when they have to know what the war we are fighting is all about, but then again it is just a word. Right? It is strange to think that an entire war can be based on the simple idea of terrorism. When we have know idea of what a terrorist is or for a matter of fact, or what terrorism even is. Peter Simpson defines the word terrorism as, “acts of violence committed by private individuals or groups of individuals, having no political authority or pretence of political authority, and directed indiscriminately against civilian or at least non-hostile populations and institutions so as to spread fear and terror there in order to achieve some limited goal short of the immediate overthrow of the existing government” This definition is specific, and well thought out, but without a clear and bold definition of the word we as society have a long way to go. Taking into consideration the unclear definition of the two words and the importance of the two to society