Jaggar's Interpretation Of Terrorism

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I would say that I mostly agree with Jaggar’s interpretation of terrorism. Jaggar summarizes terrorism like this, “[t]errorism uses extreme fear to subjugate and intimidate” (446). I have pondered how fear and intimidation might affect those in my community in a subversive manner. I realized that when some Christian’s explain to a non-believer how they will be sent to hell and tormented for eternity unless they repent for their sins, that statement could be interpreted as an act of terror according to the definition given by Jaggar (446). Jaggar further explains that “terrorism is “intended to create a state of fear that is acute and long-lasting enough to influence future behavior” (448). In the context of terrorism as defined by Jaggar,

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