Terrorism: An American Frankenstein?


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Frankenstein is the creature made by a mad scientist from dead body parts. The creature is dangerous, scary and violent. The humanoid creature has partial social skills, but lacks appropriate judgment skills, with unpredictable results. Frankenstein represents the evils that come from inappropriate human interference in processes that are the natural purvey of the divine. It represents modern violation of eternal taboos, the taking of forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge.

Since terrorism is the use of terror to promote political, social or other causes, on the face of it, there are the righteous and the evil and the difference is inherently apparent to all with any moral judgment. However, the problems begin when those who feign to be righteous are found to be [ Continue Reading ]

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