Devil's Advocate
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You could make a good case for the initial surge in hijackings of the 1970's as the age of terrorism.
That's certainly when the metal detector age began.
Or the routine attacks on foreign assets of the 1980's
Terrorism became a fact of life for many countries back then.
Or the wave of domestic attacks of the 1990's that actually included a successful and deadly attack against Amtrak.
Instead it's April 2013 that is the "age of terror."
This isn't the age of terror so much as the AGE OF FEAR.
But trying to explain terrorism in 2013 is like trying to explain climate change.
It's virtually impossible to get the message across and nobody wants to hear it so why bother?
That's certainly when the metal detector age began.
Or the routine attacks on foreign assets of the 1980's
Terrorism became a fact of life for many countries back then.
Or the wave of domestic attacks of the 1990's that actually included a successful and deadly attack against Amtrak.
Instead it's April 2013 that is the "age of terror."
This isn't the age of terror so much as the AGE OF FEAR.
But trying to explain terrorism in 2013 is like trying to explain climate change.
It's virtually impossible to get the message across and nobody wants to hear it so why bother?