myriad creatures

Today, I picked up a copy of "Peace on Earth" (Hermitage House, New York, 1949, First Printing).
In it are chapters by Eleanor Roosevelt and Ralph Bunche among others.
It also contains The Charter of The United Nations and The Declaration of Human Rights.

On the back of the dust jacket are these words by John Dunne (1572-1631):

No man is an island,
entire of itself;
every man
is a piece of the continent,
a part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less,
as well
as if a promontory were,
as well
as if a manor of thy friend's
or of thine own were:

any man's death diminishes me,
because I am involved in mankind,
and therefore
never send to know
for whom the bell tolls;
it tolls for thee.

I am retiring the word "terrorist". It is over used, and used as a substitute for thought. It is vague. To some, the word is a badge of honor, a confirmation of the accomplishment of murderers and bombers. Why give them the satisfaction? Also the word "terror" is an intrusive supposition about the state of mind of intended victims and others. The word "terrorism" is also being used to manipulate us and create more laws so the powerful have more control over us. Those who use murder and mayhem
as political tools increase the power of their own enemies. Violence feeds the machine. Those who use murder and mayhem as political tools subvert their own cause.
Those who use violence are traitors to the people and desecraters of everything holy.