Shir Mor- 316543917 Opinion essay about euphemisms instead of using the word terror: How would you feel if you read an article about the poor Palestinians who have been attacked by the Israeli army? You would probably feel pity for them and despise the Israeli army. Now, imagine reading about a terror attack towards Israel. As a response, the Israeli army attacked the terrorists who've committed the attack. Now answer the question again, how would you feel about this situation? The media can…
terrorism Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is defined as the use of violence, or threatened use of violence, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. In modern times, terrorism is considered a major threat to society and therefore illegal under anti-terrorism laws in mostjurisdictions. It is also considered a war crime under the laws of war when used to target non-combatants, such as civilians, neutral military personnel, or enemy prisoners of war.[1] A broad array of…
The Fundamentals of Morally Preventing Terrorism Irregular war is an asymmetric war that is fought between a state and a non-state or guerilla insurgency. Many times irregular war develops into a form of terrorism on the side of the weak, non-state actor. Although both actors hold different morals, both are trying to win the hearts and minds of the people. This ‘center of gravity’ is the bridge between the two, however terrorists try achieving this through their extremist ideals. These radical…
Psychological Perspectives of Lone Wolf Terrorism The psychological perspective of lone wolf terrorism generates the characteristics of the terrorist, focusing on its demographic characteristics by understanding terrorists’ age, gender, social status, and education level. In the research statistic, the general characteristics of terrorists are mostly male, young people, high education background, good foreign language ability, and even high social status. Moreover, numbers of characteristics…
Baroque paintings embody theatrical aestheticism, meant to strike observers with religious inspiration. For example, Saint Ignatius of Loyola is adapted to the Counter-Reformation movement, meant to restore Catholicism’s centrality by romanticizing the figures shown. In the Norton Simon Museum’s summary of the piece, it is stated, “the representation of saints [played] an important role... [stressing] the heroic…
Faith all over the world. This made the entire world able to partake in the salvation found in the Catholic Church. The Counter-Reformation was established to counter the erroneous beliefs of the protestants (Pollen). The Catholic Church strengthened the Church and sought to convert the protestants (Ibid; HIST333). Pollen excellently sum up the incredibleness the Catholic Counter-Reformation: “What was not ordinary, what was on the contrary one of the strangest things in the history of the…
2014-2017, we observe that there has been a growing tendency around the globe but not limited to the United States of America, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Turkey to see the rise of a populist rhetoric where demagogues are increasingly indulging in “gesture politics” while supporting and advocating for policies that right violate the sanctity of the right to privacy and other human rights in an attempt to ‘call for’ doing something about topical security issues and combating terrorism.…
Contemporary academic and public security discourses have produced a substantial body of literature on terrorism. However, there currently does not exist a single accepted definition of terrorism or what classifies an organization as a terrorist group. Different organizations that compile and classify terrorists and terrorist organizations operate under different and at times contentious and contradictory definitions of terrorism and terrorist groups. This is reflected in state classifications…
As we continue through the 21st century there are numerous missions that the DHS encourages to anticipate terrorist acts, secure the wellbeing of our country, and to save our opportunity and thriving. There are an extensive variety of missions that the division oversees, for example, anticipating terrorism and improving security, overseeing U.S. outskirts, controlling movement laws, securing the internet, and guaranteeing calamity versatility. Our central goal is to organize a far reaching and…
Martha Crenshaw’s 1981 article “The Causes of Terrorism” outlines an analysis on the causes of terrorism by examining the preconditions, precipitants, reasons, the psychological aspects of the individual. Crenshaw attempts to show the reader the causes of terrorism in this article. She begins by providing a definition of terrorists. She defines terrorism as the premeditated use or threat of violence committed by a group of people in order to convey a political message. She then divides her…