Terrorism’s Effect on Citizen’s Lives Terrorism’s relevance in our society today makes it a topic of discussion on everything from the news we watch to the books we read. The novel Little Brother by Cory Doctorow, and the articles “Three Local Somali Immigrants’ Thoughts on 9/11 Attack” by Jenni Grubbs, “The Fear of Counter Terrorism: Surveillance and Civil Liberties Since 9/11” by Mathieu Deflem, and “In Post-9/11 America, No One is Untouched” by Wayne Drash, all focus on the effects of terrorist attacks within the United States. They show how large acts of terrorism can lead to long term problems within our country. Terrorism, while often times misunderstood, can lead to both an abuse of power from the government, as well as a distorted
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While trying to help it can be easy for the government to abuse their power and cause, “A restriction on freedoms and an abundance of government intrusion”(Drash). In both Little Brother and after 9/11 we see the United States used terrorism as an excuse to invade the privacy of citizens. One of the ways the government can is able to do this is, “The 2001 USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism)” (Deflem). They use the tragic terrorist attack to better the security in a school or keep a better watch on citizens. This is all done under the notion that it is just to keep you safe from terrorists. In reality The government often times jump to conclusions about how they can keep the citizens safe and in doing this they compromise their privacy. Marcus says, “Why did we have cameras in our classroom now? Terrorists. Of course. Because by blowing up a bridge, terrorists had indicated that schools were next”(Doctorow, 113). Marcus went to a school close by the bridge bombing, therefore they had increased security in their school and areas around …show more content…
The terrorist who was involved in 9/11 were Muslim extremists and people use this to connect Muslims with being terrorists. This is inaccurate and a member of the faith said, “The biggest problems that do arise are because most people don’t understand what our religion is.The word Islam is peace” (Grubbs). A Muslim person is in no way associated with terrorism. He also explained that, “True followers of Islam- not extremists- believe that committing crimes, such as killing, is forbidden”(Grubbs). This proves that the association of a person of the Muslim faith and terrorism makes no sense at all. A person 's religion does not define if they are somebody who does
While trying to help it can be easy for the government to abuse their power and cause, “A restriction on freedoms and an abundance of government intrusion”(Drash). In both Little Brother and after 9/11 we see the United States used terrorism as an excuse to invade the privacy of citizens. One of the ways the government can is able to do this is, “The 2001 USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism)” (Deflem). They use the tragic terrorist attack to better the security in a school or keep a better watch on citizens. This is all done under the notion that it is just to keep you safe from terrorists. In reality The government often times jump to conclusions about how they can keep the citizens safe and in doing this they compromise their privacy. Marcus says, “Why did we have cameras in our classroom now? Terrorists. Of course. Because by blowing up a bridge, terrorists had indicated that schools were next”(Doctorow, 113). Marcus went to a school close by the bridge bombing, therefore they had increased security in their school and areas around …show more content…
The terrorist who was involved in 9/11 were Muslim extremists and people use this to connect Muslims with being terrorists. This is inaccurate and a member of the faith said, “The biggest problems that do arise are because most people don’t understand what our religion is.The word Islam is peace” (Grubbs). A Muslim person is in no way associated with terrorism. He also explained that, “True followers of Islam- not extremists- believe that committing crimes, such as killing, is forbidden”(Grubbs). This proves that the association of a person of the Muslim faith and terrorism makes no sense at all. A person 's religion does not define if they are somebody who does