Got into a wicked argument about 9/11 with my friend Ben Gozzi. He called 9/11 an “act of terror.”
“No, it wasn’t,” I replied, exasperation showing right from the get go. “It was terrorism, not an act of terror! What are you crazy?”
“What’s the difference?” Ben asked, looking confused.
“The difference is that one is terrorism and the other is an act of terror!”
“And how would you define terrorism?”
“To engage in acts of terror.”
We went back and forth on this until we each realized we couldn’t remember which side either of us was on. Oh well.
BILL
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