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October 31, 2007
Horrorism
Martin Amis coined a new word in the wake of contemporary muslim terrorism, viz "horrorism".* His response to a particularly imbecilic example of Independent cognitive dissonance and contortionist apologism is one for the ages.
Amis claimed in a recent essay that militant Islamism requires a new word to describe it: ‘horrorism’. The Independent put the following reader’s question to Amis in a recent ‘You ask the questions’ feature: ‘The phrase “horrorism”, which you invented to describe 9/11, is unintentionally hilarious. Have you got any more?’ ‘Yes, I have’, Amis replied. ‘Here’s a good one (though I can hardly claim it as my own): the phrase is “fuck off”.’
And Spiked staff writer Emily Hill - confident that islam"ism" does not represent a threat to our Western way of life - wonders if asserting our moral superiority to the Taliban is the best we can do.
It would be a start.
* Describing suicide bombing as a "besplattering" of the self is also excellent.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at October 31, 2007 07:17 AM
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