About the Development of the Theory

I wanted to understand terrorism after the skyjack attack on America in 2001. Lots of people said it was a conflict between Islam and Christianity, and after I watched the episode of PBS Frontline called The Jesus Factor , I did, too.

I would notice, while searching for "Basque" online, I'd also see webpages on the Basque language. Similar things happen with "Uyghur." In a library, books on language aren't near books on terrorism. Not so with the internet. I quickly found, somewhere in 2003, that Russia, China, India and Spain, not insignificant countries, had major terrorism problems with linguistic minorities. It didn't take long from there to realize the Arabic world and America do not speak the same language, either.

I put the basics (mostly the terrorism angle) online in my blog in here in June 2004, before I went on a vacation overseas.

With some more research, I had about 50 cases of linguistic problems over the years. A Slovenian woman I met in Jerusalem said this didn't have anything to do with Slovenia. I learned that Slovenia is basically where the people who speak Slovene live. There is no other identity for the place (it doesn't have natural geographic borders). Another time discussing it someone brought up the Quebecois. I instantly saw it as yet another subject which supports the theory.

In July, 2007 I moved back to NYC and really got some wind. Things opened up for me after I started doing regular research while I was working at a job which allowed me to buy a lot of books.

The day after I left my job in January of 2008, which had strict rules about publishing, I put this site online.

In early April of that year, following the advice of Bernard Rodgers, the former Vice-President of my alma mater, I began reaching out to experts who might be able to discuss this with me on a more technical level, and who might be able to tell me what, if any, similar work has been done before.