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Hello, I call the murdering of disabled people as eugenic terrorism moving away from the notion that the perpetrator could be absolved for the following reasons: was misguided, experienced burn out from caring, performing an act of euthanasia, or was crazy [a sanist argument]. James Overboe Associate Professor Sociology M.A. Sociology Cultural Analysis & Social Theory M.A. Program Wilfrid Laurier University ________________________________ From: The Disability-Research Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Ron Amundson <[log in to unmask]> Sent: August 3, 2016 11:42 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Comment on comment I think it is equally important to use the term 'terrorism' for mass murders like this. What does this create other than terror among the people targeted by such killers? If we simply allow the officials in charge of Western democracies to decide what counts as "terror" and what does not, we have lost control of our politics. (As if ...) Ron Ron Amundson, Dept. of Philosophy (Emeritus) University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI 96720 From: The Disability-Research Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Deborah Chinn Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 5:20 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: PLEASE Send Your Message of Solidarity: Attack in Sagamihara, Japan : Ars Vivendi E-mail Magazine No.150 (August 3, 2016) Personally, I think it is important to use the term "hate crime" when appropriate as it clearly signals how acts of violence are linked to hatred of particular social groups. Deborah Chinn King's College London ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page. ________________End of message________________ This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies). Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask] Archives and tools are located at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.