BOMB CONSTRUCTION:
A Contemplation of Calculated Cruelty

	Once the goal is set
	the rest is simple –
	all you have to do is
	understand a target's routines.

	Buy a suitcase.
	Add some plasticine.
	Obtain a timing device.

	Attach a few wires
	then plant the weapon
	at a heavily frequented site.

	Some time later
	over a glass of cool campari
	read about the events
	without thinking too deeply –

	So many targets
	still moving


Frida: There is something very cold-hearted about this.

Ying:  Did you expect terrorism to be a warm affair?

Frida: No, but I do expect more remorse.

Ying:  Some people are beyond remorse.

Frida: When that happens, God help us.


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from Peace Pieces: Reflections on Violence and Conflict Resolution by T Newfields
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about terrorism and terrible indifference
KEYWORDS: terrorism, indifference, calculated terror, othering and apathy

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1991 in Shizuoka, Japan ⩝ Finished: 2020 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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