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Terrorism Genre in Literature & History

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What is “Terrorism?” While there is generally no refined definition of this action in Politics, in Government it means “the threat of violence to influence Political action.”  In Literature, Terrorism is a cleft below Horror Genre.  The Horror Genre is mostly reserved for Supernatural element, or actions that Humans cannot control.  They are afraid about actions that they cannot resolve, so they run away and hide.  Supernatural elements include Monsters (evil people or creatures), Vampires, Immortals, Villains, the Anti-Hero, the Egyptian Mummy, the Undead/ Golems/ Zombies, or weather-controlling Psychics. 

Terrorism in recent years was applied to groups in the Middle East who sought to conquer the World by spreading fear of attacks that came out of the void, which normal people cannot stop.  The Germanic Barbarians of Ancient Rome are an example, when they attacked Roman Legions out of the wilderness, or Elephants used by Carthage.  Islamic Extremism is identified with Terrorism due to their method of attack.  Islam itself is not terrorism.  You can find Christian Terror groups in the USA.  Religion was often the point of blame for their actions, a political bias among Political groups who want to restrict American Freedoms by attacking religious or spiritual groups on the Internet.  Unless you are an Aztec Priest, religion is not about Fear (Aztec Priests performed human sacrifice).  Monotheism says to “Fear God” as part of their rituals.  If a Deity is on Earth, do you Fear Him (or Her)? Or do you call the Deity a Terrorist because the Deity is Supernatural and you don’t have another word to describe it?  Gods historically had 2 kinds – those to be worshiped or those to be feared or respected.  Sakhmet is the Goddess of Plague and Wildfires, Hurricanes, & Natural Disasters.  If you venerate her, are you a Terrorist because of what happens when you do so?

Is Napoleon Bonaparte a Terrorist? He conquered European countries.  Is Alexander the Great a Terrorist? He conquered the Persian Empire.  Is Pharaoh M7 a terrorist? He overthrew the USSR and liberated Kuwait, USA, and other countries with Supernatural Element (classified by CIA) & Psychic Warfare.  No.  There are people who want to rewrite History, to make it appear less “scary.”  They also want to leave out anything “upsetting to Modern Society.”  So they change school names, remove historical statuary, or cover up Historical actions to prevent Civil Unrest.  The Islamic State or Caliphate wanted to purge the Earth of its History, but they used “terrorist attacks” as motivation to their cause.  The same ideal appeared in the Black Lives Matter protests in USA, which had organized crime (Vandals, & looters) to influence the Govt. like Middle East Terrorism did. 

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The Fictional War on Arabic Terrorists in (Eye of the Pharaoh, Chapter 20) my novel did not influence the Caliphate directly.  They are selling the book illegally on the Black Market so they must know of its existence.  The novel was completed in 1990, and the War on Islamic Extremism started in 2001.  The Caliphate was founded in 2014, 2 decades later.  The book appeared on the BM by 1998 according to the FBI/DOJ, selling for $50,000 or $100,000 each (the author had a rumor that he was dead, so people started selling it there, as dead artists are only valuable when not living).   The war in the book was against “Arabic Terrorist States,” and the Islamic “State” matched that description.   The novel said the main character “had a plan to unite all the Arabic Terrorists into one country, so the individual terrorists could not act without the Emperor’s permission,” and this line convinced people with a high school education level that the Author was the mastermind behind all Terrorist attacks in the Middle East after they read the book.   It was these people who classified the book “top secret” to prevent others from noticing it is Fiction.  Art imitates life or Life imitates Art? 

It is a well known fact that Society in USA is heavily influenced by Science Fiction, such as Star Trek technology (Blue tooth cell phones), Star Wars films, or other Fiction genres.  Imagination cannot be allowed to be weaponized for the purpose of deriding society.  Skip to Chapter 21 with the current situation with Russia, for example.   The USSR fell after Christmas 1991 (Liberation of Russia).  The Apocalypse in Chapter 22 is 100 years after World War 3.  The WW3 was about USSR, USA and Iran; the character’s country was “protected by America.”  The CIA who read the book immediately tried to prevent this by going after Iran’s “nuclear energy program” with the delusion it was for making weapons.   In the book, Russia gave nuclear weapons to Iran.  Iran didn’t develop nuclear weapons.  The CIA who classified the book didn’t read it carefully.  They simply hit the Panic button.  They believed this was real after the first publisher told everyone the book was “a true story” or “based on a true story.”  The publisher did not ask the author for permission to publish it; it is assumed wrongly that the author did.  The author discovered the publication via word of mouth (gossip) only while in College.  This is not the author’s fault.  It is Society’s fault. 

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