Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Terrorism
The term terrorism is synonymous with how we view the middle east. To us the south western portion of Asia is soo far away, so distant, and exotic. We conjure up images of men on camels armed with ak-47s trumping through the sand dunes looking for americans to kill. This simple view point is not only ignorant but extroidinarily simplistic. Terrorism in the Middle East is in fact Extremely (haha get it.. extreme.) complex and layered. The reasons they exsist are deeply rooted in Islamic culture and the result of thousands of years of wars and instablilty. However since the attacks of september the 11th terrorism has been pushed to the forefront of world affairs. It has even percipated to our small town here in Plymouth, NH. How do you view terrorism, and who does it? Where do you think they are primarily from? How has it affected you personally?
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Terrorism starts with an idea(not always a bad one) but is then twisted to an extreme idea that is meant to harm people. I hate how in our modern world Muslim and terrorist are the same thing. Every religion has an extremist group. If we label all Muslims as terrorist why don't we label all Christians as KKK members? As far as I can tell terrorist come from all sections of the globe. Timothy McVeigh(man responsible for Oklahoma city bombing) spent most of his time in Arizona. The most resent terrorist attack was planned by what seemed to be a average American from Connecticut. Terrorism has affected me by just simply scaring me. I feel that America is very vulnerable, and that the latest attempted attack on times square will certainly not be the last our country has to face.
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Terrorism, by definition, means the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce for political reasons. I don't believe most people see terrorists as people who are strongly politically driven. The everyday American views anybody with a turban on their head as a terrorist. Personally, i view terrorism as an incredibly weak and desperate way for one nation to aggravate and gain the attention of another nation. As far as who does it, anybody can be a terrorist, it's not just Muslims! Terrorism hasn't strongly affected me personally, i just think it's extremely sad that the world has resorted to such violent acts as a way to show "power".
ReplyDeleteI believe that terrorism is an extreme and violent way of attempting to achieve something. Terrorism can be anywhere. It doesn't have a set face, gender, or creed. The scariest part of it is that it can be anyone. I believe that it tends to be uninformed and radical people who turn to terrorism to solve their issues.
ReplyDelete"Terrorism" in itself has existed really since the beginning of recorded history. The ideals of terrorism are simply the use of violence based on extreme fundamentalism, which generally falls under the guise of religion or politics (which essentially are inseparable when dealing with terrorism). The term may have changed over the ages but the ideals and goals have been the same throughout-use violence to harm, force conversion, or eradicate those who don't share the same views as you.
ReplyDeleteIf I was to define terrorism I would say that its an act of violence used to try to enforce or make something happen. Some people even goes as far as using terrorism to just get a message across. In a lot of ways thats what was trying to be accomplished through the attacks on 9/11. It's hard to not be judgmental when it comes to terrorism or terrorist due to what our media perceives them or it to be. But all the more reason to take middle or far eastern classes!
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