Terrorism

psychological issues. One limitation is that it does not put the nature of terrorism in context, meaning that the incident can be interpreted as an act of violence rather than an act of terrorism. This is simply because both acts of violence are extremely alike on the surface. The distinction that sets an act of violence apart from an act of terrorism is the motive. These articles searches to further understand the psychological effects terrorism can have on children, as the researchers…

The Ethics surrounding drone warfare has been a controversial debate that has not yet captured the full attention of the public in the west. The main arguments for using drone warfare has been about saving lives and cost, but such argument pales in comparison to the arguments against it. To examine the counter arguments of why drone warfare is ethically wrong, we must look at the political stance of the governments using drone warfare, the society’s responsibility, the ethics of the way that the…

individuals who committed this terror said in a statement that “they will inflict more pain” and “that this is not over.” The world has left many nations worried and aware of any pending terror. United States is united with Paris to fight against terrorism. Citizens of this country have re-lived our past terrorist attacks that happened on 9/11 on our soil. This attacks are still a wound in our hearts and will never forget those events that killed thousands of people of this country. The…

The text After the First Death by Robert Cormier and the film V for Vendetta directed by James McTigue represent terrorism in ways that allow us as the audience to respond differently to each. The terrorists, V in V for Vendetta and Artkin in After the First Death both commits terrorising acts, however audience are led to sympathise and agree with V but feel the opposite for Artkin. V is seen as a revolutionary because he has sympathy and a rational mind as he only eradicate those who aid the…

In the United States, there are many people who believe that closing down our borders will help the terrorism we face in America come to an end. Well those that believe this is true, they are very wrong. For instance, look at the event that happened in a school full of children in Connecticut. This act of terror was committed by an American citizen. Also the shooting that happened in Colorado when the movie Batman The Dark Knight Rises was released, this act of terror was also committed by an…

format of the article prevented any deviation from author on their main argument. The paragraphs, pharsing, and word choice was simple and direct. Lastly, Slate.com’s article presented a heavily opinionated view on why Dear should with domestic terrorism. The article provided many sources and examples to validate the author’s argument but hardly centred itself around its central…

and lastly Terrorism: A History by Randall Law. These three books all covered different fields of religion, while taking different approaches to analyzing the topic at hand. The differences these books had made for a large range of topics, but the similarities helped reinforce key aspects of the Religion 101 class. The three books not only covered general religion, but ancient/modern terrorism, mental aspects of terrorism and its relation to religion, and even certain branches of terrorism such…

the Islamic Fundamentalism as a terrorist. Some people even portrayed Muslims as violent fanatics and the Islamic society is a huge camp of terrorists. However, this is not the truth. Everything has two sides. The Islamic society is not full of terrorism and the Muslim is not as extreme as that in Western opinion. In both movie and book show not only the negative side of the fundamentalism in Islamic society and also the positive side of that.…

rule of law which is central to the protection of human rights suffered after the 9/11 attacks. The 9/11 attacks gave the United States a pretext to declare an open-ended war on terrorism which vaguely identified terrorists but imposed heavy burdens on Arabs and Muslims whose assets were frozen in connection with terrorism, who were subjected to irregular rendition, discriminated against based on their nationality, arrested, interrogated, placed…

In the wake of the September eleven terrorist attacks, congress quickly threw out our fourth amendment rights by passing the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to combat the rise of terrorism and to keep up with the advancement of technology, the National Security Agency was expanded to be able to spy on most forms of electronic communication, including phone calls, text messages, and emails, domestically by the 2001 Patriot Act. Despite what the name implies, the Patriot Act is a blatant violation of…