Talk:Terrist

actual terrists are welcome to admit they exist here, anonymously, just so this entry doesn't get deleted as fiction. If no one does so by oh say end of April, I guess we should deny you exist as well... ?

From the article:

Terrists is another name for Soylent Greens which they employ in culture jamming. It is a deliberate reference to the mispronunciation of terrorist by American authorities, and to their defense of Terra, i.e. the Earth, against such people, who they view as being alien invaders. It also mocks the labelling of such groups as the Earth Liberation Front and Anarchist Golfing Association[?] as "terrorist" by the same authorities.

Terrist is also an alternative name for Terrans - as defined by Dr. Hugo De Garis[?] in opposition to what he calls Cosmists[?] - taking opposing and irreconcilable positions on whether humans should attempt to develop artificial intelligence. This debate is so far confined to specialized professional circles and has generally not been addressed in public policy.

Other than taking a strong active position for biosecurity and being willing to break laws to advance their aims, there seems to be no program common to all terrists - and no single authority on their objectives.

Controversial usage of the term to describe Greenpeace or Sea Shepherd[?] activists, Gaians, or others in the Green Movement, is generally not welcomed by those groups, who differentiate very carefully and deliberately between themselves and groups deliberately destroying property.

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Lots of evidence needed for this material. Otherwise, this page appears to be a mishmash.

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Objection noted. Keeping it in talk is legit until more emerges on this - although it's pretty easy to find use of the term "terrist" on google... which includes *BOTH* misspellings by Americans (showing how widespread that confusion is) and parodies...

so the Gaian/ecologist use of it is pretty subtle, indeed almost invisible... they are sneaking it into the parodies here and there.

Not sure I *want* to expose them... ;-)

So, let's leave this in talk for now. It may stay here.

It's interesting to contrast this with "Gaian", which has tons of references.

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I agree with the definition of a terrist and am proud to be one.

Unfortunately, the word is only useable in text communications, identifying myself as one vocaly attracts sidelong glances from even the most "progressive" lefties.

Given the new definitions of terrorist (in Canaduh, any non-state actor seeking to influence the government) we are all suspect. I think dividing terrorist - lobbyists, suicide bombers, lone gunmen, techno geeks, and those who believe it's thier right to have what they want to support thier economy (all of these groups seek to influence the government) and terrists (white blood cells for the earth - seeking to influence government and citizens) makes it easier for people to identify with which group they fit into (since we're all defined as terrorists by the Government now) - the self interested, or ethicaly motivated one.

Terrist is a misspelling of "terrorist" that appears to have widely proliferated in the wake of the September 11th, 2001[?] attack on the U.S.A.

As if to prove the point, an anonymous user of wikipedia redirected this very file to the entry on "terrorist", proving the widespread confusion.

Some believe it is partly propagated by Soylent Greens, who sometimes deliberately refer to themselves as being terrists, as a form of culture jamming, and as a deliberate reference to the mispronunciation of terrorist by American authorities, and to their defense of Terra, i.e. the Earth, against such people, who they view as being alien invaders.

It also mocks the labelling of such groups as the Earth Liberation Front and Anarchist Golfing Association[?] as "terrorist" by the same authorities.

As if to prove that point, one of them said hello in the Talk file, and wrote a sort of manifesto. Such groups are secretive and it's hard to validate their existence. However, there is a specialized use of the term which can cause conflict and confusion if this word is mistakenly used:

Terrist is also an alternative name for a radical Terran - as defined by Dr. Hugo De Garis[?] in opposition to what he calls Cosmist - taking opposing and irreconcilable positions on whether humans should attempt to develop artificial intelligence.

Other than a vague obsession with some kind of biosecurity and biodiversity, and being willing to break laws to advance their aims, there seems to be no program common to all terrists - and no single authority on their objectives.

Controversial usage of the term to describe Greenpeace or Sea Shepherd[?] activists, Gaians, or others in the Green Movement, is generally not welcomed by those groups, who differentiate very carefully and deliberately between themselves and groups deliberately destroying property. They fear, with some justification, that even joking references to terrist activities will be mistaken to mean terrorist activity.