While listening to National People’s Radio this morning, some state or federal law enforcement official was being interviewed about the recent pipe bombings. When asked whether the pipe bombings constituted “terrorism,” a difficult-to-define concept, the official said something like, “Well … I’m not sure if it was terrorism … I mean, it bothered a lot of people.” My spasms of laughter made it difficult for me to hear the rest.
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