Word Criticism

In the article "Summary: Theory for Beginners", Michael Ryan talks about words and the effects and different meanings that they can have in society. As Ryan significally states in the article on page 163, "In a sense, words change things by influencing how we know them and what we know about them." A great example that he gave was that of the word "terriost" or "terrorism". The fact that what we think of when we hear the word is strictly Islam. What makes the islamic terriosts different from a caucasion male who shoots up an entire school? I personally agree with Michael Ryan and his ideas and theories on the subject. I think that he gives his thoughts and views in a straight forward, "this is how i am and think" sort of way. His thoughts on evolution also had an impact on me because, I too do feel the same way about evolution and the way it reflects on wording and language.