NCJ Number
32240
Journal
SKEPTIC Issue: 11 Dated: (JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1976) Pages: 13-15 AND 57-60
Date Published
1976
Length
7 pages
Annotation
THE PRICE OF RANDOM TERROR IS EXACTED FROM SOCIETY IN THE BLOOD OF INNOCENT VICTIMS BY SOLITARY TERRORISTS WHO ARE DIVORCED FROM THE REALITY OF PRECEDENT AND FROM THE LOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR ACTS.
Abstract
DISTINCTIONS ARE DRAWN BETWEEN FOCUSED AND UNFOCUSED, RANDOM AND SELECTIVE TERRORISM. THE AUTHOR PERCEIVES THE TREND TO BE IN THE DIRECTION OF RANDOM, UNFOCUSED ACTS OF VIOLENCE. THE PERPRETRATORS MUST, HE REASONS, THROUGH THE BRUTALITY AND INHUMANITY OF THEIR ACTS, HAVE LOST SIGHT OF THE CAUSE CELEBRE THEY WERE ADVOCATING, AND HAVE BEEN SWEPT INTO A SINISTER SPIRAL OF INCREASINGLY INHUMANE ACTS, I.E., TERRORISM FOR TERRORISM'S SAKE.