State-sponsored terrorism

purpose of the creation of the patriot act was after a tragic event in the United States history. After the terrorist attack during the 11 September 2001, the government established the patriot act. This act was created to help protect the people by providing higher security measures for anything related to terrorism. It is questionable if this act is ethical based on how the government using the patriot act to prevent terrorism. The patriot act allows the government the right to check and…

Terrorism is a powerful weapon because it is unpredictable and is often aimed at civilian, or nonmilitary, targets. In most cases, the primary objectives of terrorist are to gain publicity and to spread fear. Personally, I am opposed to terrorism as it is a rule by fear method that isn’t sustainable in any functional society. In addition, the terrorists’ real targets are often not the immediate victims of the attacks, but the media, the government, or the population at large. Terrorist attacks…

on unwilling victims, such as juvenile and adult criminal gangs who engage in larceny, burglary, and robbery. The Mano Nera (Black Hand) is an example of the last of these. These 1880s extortionist gangs (there was no one Black Hand) in the United States sent threatening notes to fellow Italian immigrants…

true definition of terrorism. However, one common characteristic used in most definitions is the use of violence or intimidation to achieve some type of goal. Terrorist groups exist all over the world. However, when most people think of terrorism, they think of it occurring in Middle Eastern countries. The reality of it is that there are several terrorist organizations that are a lot closer to home. The Army of God is a terrorist organization that first appeared in the United States in the early…

“The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility- those are the reasons chess matches are won and lost.” Even though this quote by chess master Viktor Korchnoi, it can also be related to life. Human flaws are the reason you succeed and fail. The short film Monsters are on Maple Street, directed by Debbie Allen, is about an experiment on a neighborhood that goes horribly wrong. This experiment tested how long humans could sustain themselves in an event that they become isolated. The…

psychological and sociological radical factors on people, and what make them radicalized to terrorism. It analyzes a broad summary of psychological and sociological factors, as they relate to the radicalization process. The approach of this paper is from a social psychological perspective, utilizing the results of psychological and sociological findings of recently published studies to analyze the behavioral aspects of terrorism. This paper attempts to gain psychological and sociological…

Discrimination can be found everywhere and anywhere we look. Different generations have seen discrimination towards different groups. Starting with Native Americans, then continuing to African-Americans, Japanese-Americans, Jewish-Americans, and as of most recently Arab-Americans. These ethnicities have one similarity; they are all humans with similar biological properties. There was a big increase in the screening of Arabs after the attacks on the twin towers in New York on September 11, 2001.…

The Economics of Terrorism It is rumored that for every game of Michael Jordan’s fifteen-year basketball career, he wore his University of North Carolina basketball shorts under his uniform. This presented a problem, since his Chicago Bulls shorts were not large enough to fit over his other pair of shorts. To fix this, Jordan instead opted to wear baggy shorts that came down to his knees. Due to the public attention on Jordan, this simple adaptation, interestingly enough, ended up causing every…

post-Revolution France, where the citizens were willing to trade away certain freedoms for safety under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. Similarly, many freedoms previously held by modern Americans are being restricted due to the threat of terrorism. This comparison bodes ill, especially when the danger of indifference to liberty is considered. France's social climate at the end of the 18th century was one of fear and insecurity. The recent memory of the Reign of Terror left the french…

also indicates that teachings from an early age may influence an individual to commit terrorist crimes. 2) Frustration-aggression implies that violence responds to discontent. 3) Relative deprivation applies to inequality among classes may cause terrorism. 4) Oppression perceived by those who feel their freedom, identity, security or dignity might be in jeopardy can result into…