Anyone else notice just how loosely the term "terrorist" is being thrown around these days?? Prior to 9/11, it seemed like "terrorist" was used to describe someone who was intent on killing, and attempts to kill mass quantities of people, usually with explosive devices of some sort. But now, the word is popping up in many places it never has before. The most disturbing instance of this so far was when I was flipping through "Network Security for Dummies" (I was bored) at a Barnes and Noble recently. The author used the term "computer terrorist" (or something to that effect...terrorist was definately in there) and a bunch of other not nice terms to define hackers. This made me cringe, and I quickly put the book down. But is it just me, or is this kind of liberal use of the word "terrorist" actually happening?? If it is, it's outta hand. It's probably not too far off that the local paper boy kid who constantly roofs the newspapers is labeled a "neighborhood terrorist" or something equally off the wall.

Sorry for the rant, but wanted to get this thought out there anyway...

alpha03