Copraterrorism

I used to dream of sending a letter to the IRA (who were afterall quite respectful terrorists aiming to do damage to the opposed system but not hurt real living people) on copraterrorism.

For some reason this rather amusing subject has never entered the terroist handbook. Rather than go for big high profile targets like financial buildings, and definitely rather than hurt people, why not take out the sewage systems and drains?

I can just see the manhole covers blowing off a shopping street as effluenet is strewn everywhere making the street impassable. The news readers trying to get words out between their wrteches cos of the stench. There is the cost to business - and thereby jobs for the cleaners and decorators. There is the deterrent to shoppers - although it is not dangerous, just unpleasant.

And best of all there are the signs on toilets for miles around, out of order while mains repairs are underway.

A complete nightmare, without any serious damage, and also quite funny! Lots of unforgettable news items and lots of jobs created and overall a quite satisfying political process. If people hell-bent on expressing themselves against the country adopted this form of "terrorism", or rather "yuckism", it would make for much more amusing and watchable politics and social expression, and that would avoid the biggest problem of terrorism, which is the galvanising of opposition to their cause. When the West goes in with bombs, or the Middle East comes here with bombs, it just reinforces the stance against them, which is the opposite of what was wanted - a voice for unrepresented people who people believe rightly/wrongly are suffering.