from the body in the following article i will argue that the logic of terrorism follows a certain set of rules as the main aim of an attack is not to kill but to shock or convince a wider public they are in essence rhetorical against this backdrop i will investigate how both bloody sunday and united face the rhetorical potential of terrorism both films i will argue turn out to be meta rhetorical by rhetorically commenting on the rhetoric of terrorism they ultimately transcend the logic of a terrorist outrage