Deroy Murdock's Terror And The English Language

TAs a recent social threat to the whole world, terrorism creates panic by killing innocents and destroying the public wealth. The threat of terrorism has been never extinct; however, Deroy Murdock, the author of “Terror and the English Language,” argues that the language use of terrorism is weak and not specific. As the consequence, “while basketball players and their fans battle each other on TV, actresses suffer wardrobe malfunctions, and rap singers scream sweet nothings in our ears, it's very easy to forget that Islamic extremists plot daily to end all of that and more by killing as many of us as possible.” He believes that “Language can lull Americans to sleep in this new war, or it can keep us on the offensive and our enemies off balance.”
To trigger it, there must be an incident or disaster that causes huge damage or numerous death; therefore, people are threatened and they would need the governor to eradicate the problem. For example, war is a common event that causes panic among the whole society. In World War II, Unite States decided to be isolated from the main battlefield due to the huge casualties from WWI; however, Japanese suddenly assaulted Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Roosevelt referred the day as “a date which will live in infamy” and intimidated that “Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger” in the “Infamy Speech,” which was made the next day of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Because the Japanese had launched a devastating assault and caused huge casualties, the Congress declared war against the Axis one hour later of the “Infamy Speech”. In this case, we can notice that by shaming the disgrace of being attacked and pointing out the lethal threat, FDR succeeded in motivating people to fight against the invaders from the Pearl Harbor Attack with their anger and
Our mind will sense the result from the incident with an emotional change and force us to reconsider the current situation. Under the dangerous condition, we tend to focus more on the problem, and more people will tend to group up and solve the problem. When more of us stands together at the same time, we have created the influence of the problem; as the response, the government will definitely come out and help to solve the problems we asked. No matter how the governors conclude the event, side effect of the public awareness will always exist and we will remember that all the time. Hence, don’t underestimate our emotional feelings on public issues, they can achieve more than we can