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Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection • Minor Water Damage Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 Terrorism in the Eye of the Beholder There’s no monopoly on acts of horror by W illiam A. C ollins Too many Americans think the term "terrorism'' only applies to Muslims. Christians, Jews, athe­ ists, agnostics, Unitar­ ians or Quakers who com­ mit unspeakable acts of horror often aren't deemed to be real terrorists. Consider what happened after right-w ing N orw egian gunm an Anders Breivik killed 77 people in July. The first response from the U.S. corporate press to this savage bloodshed, including Washington Post blogger and columnist Jenni- fer Rubin, was that he must be a Muslim, maybe one affiliated with the al-Qaeda terrorist network, When that assumption proved false, he quickly became just another de- ranged young man. Why do so many Americans only worry about Muslims? For starters, there's a lot of oil, gas, and other high-value resources in the Middle East, Central Asia, and North Af­ rica, where many Muslims reside. In the old days. Western powers simply went in and took whatever they wanted. There was no United Na­ tions or world press to de­ mand fair play. The great battles of the day were among those powers themselves, rather than with the natives who got trampled, colo- nized, and enslaved. For many years, the big struggles were between colonial powers like Britain, Spain and France. For much ofthe 20th century, the Soviet Union duked it out with the United States, Times have changed. False con- science has intruded. Beginning around World War II, countries were supposed to have a good reason before invading or occupying other P o r t Until (Observer Established 1970 USPS 959-680 _____________________ 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 Charles H. Washington EoiTOR.Michael L eighton D istribution M anager : M ark W ashington C reative D irector : P aul N e u feld t E ditor -I n -C hief , P ublisher : nations. The United States, cur­ rently a lone superpower, has be­ come saddled with the bothersome task of finding excuses for attacking these oil-bearing lands, at least those whose leaders we haven't already bought off. Paramount among the excuses ior invasion is "terrorism." We used it to justify our wars with Iraq and Afghanistan, with Iran potentially coming down the pike. The m ore W ash in g to n can equate terror with the residents of those countries, the more public acceptance it creates for assault­ ing them. This excuse works best if the term "terror" remains pure and is only attached to Muslims. Maybe that's why it's not universally ap­ plied to that Norwegian mass mur­ derer or to Jared Lee Loughner, the man who tried to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson and managed to kill six bystanders in­ stead. Ever notice how many politi­ cians and pundits refer to those villains as "deranged," but not as "terrorists"? The "War on Terror" also gives our government cover as it cracks down on dissent within our bor­ ders. Laws like the Patriot Act have purposely multiplied opportunities for harassing peaceful anti-war and pro-environment groups without recourse. The government is chan­ neling George Orwell's 1984 when it arrests people for giving "material aid" to terrorists when they are just trying to feed starving Palestinian children or are organizing nonvio­ lence training. Be careful, therefore, when you hear the term "terrorism" bandied about. A once-popular placard at anti­ war marches satirically summed up the problem. It asked "What's our oil doing under their sand?" OtherWords columnist William A. Collins is a former state repre­ sentative and a former mayor of Norwalk, Conn. The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. 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