To say that 'If we do (something) the Terrorists have won' is a phrase that got bandied about a lot after the attacks on the World Trade Centers on September 11th of 2001. Sometimes used in jest, sometimes in earnest, it means that buckling to pressures applied by terrorists on our society and culture is giving the terrorists what they wanted in the first place, forcing us to change how we operate through their threats and actions. The phrase actually goes back well before that date though, being used as early as 1986 by then American Bar Association President William Falsgraf. Fun fact for the day!
top of page
bottom of page
Comments