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avesteycj31507
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Posted: Wed Feb 7th, 2007 05:04 pm |
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| For the most part "Terrorists" are stereotype as being someone from the middle east. I strongly believe we have a bigger problem on our own soil with gangmembers acting as terrorists. The crimes they commit against innocent victims are terrorists acts. I think our country needs to focus their attention on gangmembers. They threaten our country's safety everyday.
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drameycj31507
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| I completely agree with you (avesteycj31507) on that one!! Many people are directly affected everyday by the presence and threat of gangs and the violence they produce. Gangs are not any better or safer than other "terrorists". If anything they are almost worse because of their prevalence and numbers. Last edited on Thu Feb 8th, 2007 01:13 am by drameycj31507
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 05:04 pm |
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mguerreroCJ31507 wrote: When I think of terrorism I think of the word “intimidation,” I think of intimidation because a terrorist attempts to strike fear in those classified as “innocent.” For example, terrorism involves acts of violence towards innocent civilians in attempts to achieve particular goals. A terrorist attempts to intimidate its intended target with targeting its intended target’s vulnerable. For example, the terrorist attacks on September 11th 2001 involved the loss of live for a number of innocent people. Personally, the word terrorist carries a negative connotation in that it represents the harming of innocent people in attempts to further ones particular ideology in a cowardly form.
In addition, I acknowledge “terrorism” as a word that changes from individual to individual and depends on one’s perspective. For example, all wars have seen the loss of innocent life; so is well-intentioned military action that results in the deaths of innocent civilians a form of terrorism? The answer is “no” in the sense that the deaths are not intended. But, an element of disregard for human life exists for both terrorism and the well-intentioned military strike.
Finally, there are a number of different types of terrorism ranging from the deliberate targeting of non-combatants to those who can be thought as “liberators.” Differentiating liberator from terrorist is complex and is heavily depended on cultural perspective.
I agree when you say "intimidation" because of the 911 attacks. Many innocent people died during that time and of course many were scared and paranoid that it might happen again.
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 05:06 pm |
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| I agree with you (mguerrerocj31507). What happened on September 11 was an absolute devastation. Yes, we are stereotyping, but that is normal based on what the Americans had gone through. Before September 11, did we think about what a terrorist looks like? A year after the attack, when I boarded the plane to New Mexico, I couldn't help but looked around for a possible look-a-like "terrorist." It is not right but can not be helped. And I don't think I was the only one on guard. Last edited on Thu Feb 8th, 2007 05:09 pm by shoangcj31507
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jgonzalezcj31507
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 05:14 pm |
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| I think there are different kinds of terrorism. For one, i believe gangs do cause terrorism in our own country but also look at 911. That was obviously a terrorist act. Terrorism is bad all around it just depends on what someone wants to label as causing terror.
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 09:56 pm |
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Jgonzalez,
I have to agree with you. I do believe there are several types of terrorism, however I feel that the bigger threat is the individuals who attacked our nation on Sept. 11th. Sure, there are social terrorists within our borders such as gangs, but these gangs can be contained/controlled to a certain extent. The terrorists that we are dealing with today, create a feeling of uneasy-ness. Once again, gangs within our local borders do pose a reasonable threat, but I believe that many will agree that terrorists that are capable hijacking planes, killing thousands of innocent civilians, or even getting their hands on WMD pose a substantially greater threat. Gangs do create a feeling of not being safe within certain areas, but terrorists can do this wherever they go.
Joe
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 10:27 pm |
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it is generally unarguable that it is in our human nature to want power. i agree with your thought!!
it is because of power that we have so many issues in this world.. and like you said it is sad, but true
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abrowncj33007
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 11:03 pm |
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My criminology book gave me seven topics that either supported or were a product of terrorism:illicit drug trafficking, money laundering, infiltration of legal business, computer crime, illicit arms trafficking, traffic in persons, and destruction of cultural property.
This is my first time covering the topic of terrorism in a classroom environment, so I dont really know much about it but i did find a lot of interesting facts in my book. What I found interesting in my book was that many terrorist groups need money to carry out their acts, so they turn to the drug trade for money. Basically, drug trade, as my book says, " nurtures" terrorism and that to me is astonishing. It makes perfect sense, I just would never have thought like that! I also read up that computers can support terrorism because everyone has access to them, and can abuse it for money laundering to support terrorists. It also says that there is a possibility of cyber attacks on national security.
Does anyone have a simple explanation for how money laundering works???
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abrowncj33007
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 11:06 pm |
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that is very true! Everyone is worried about others committing terrorist acts to the united states when we should be looking the problems at home, and recognizing that we cause such horrible acts to ourselves as well due to for example, gangs. 
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 11:31 pm |
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Terrorists to me are a group of people who perform acts of terror to support their ideas or goals. They are motivated by religion and illegal operations. The term terrorist has a big influence on how it's used. I believe that acts of terrorism will continue through out the world as long as they are financed by illegal activities.
I found information regarding terrorism through the Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism. The website is http://www.mipt.org. Its goal is to expand and share knowledge to prevent terrorism and lessen its effect. There are a many links to resources of information to counter terrorism.
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Posted: Thu Feb 8th, 2007 11:36 pm |
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| Terrorists are people who want to influence their beliefs and ideas through the means of violence. Terrorism exists through out the world. Terrorist organizations are financed by illegal activities, such as money laundering and drug trafficking.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 04:31 am |
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I am in the CSUF CJ 330 course on Crime and Delinquency. In this course terrorism is discussed because the author of the text uses it to identify other types of crime. The basic premissis is that terrorism is a catalyst for other crimes such as drugs, theft, murder, etc.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 04:45 am |
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That is totally true; however, at the same time gangs seem to carry political messages at the core of their beliefs. I have seen and read many interviews of gang members and one of the chief reasons givenfor forming a gang is because they didn't have the same opportunities growing up and they found the people that had similar problems and created the gangs. Then the newest members of the gags join for the resons that their predecessors did and so forth. Doesn't "Tagging" carry political messages sometimes, and aren't they used as a scare tactict for anyone in the area? What about the L.A. Riots in 1992 forlling the Rodney King beating? The riots and beatings that occured were largely carried out by gangs and they carried a political message that said that they wouldn't allow police to take that ind of action in their communities. I think that gangs do have terrorist motives at the core of their beliefs and actions.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 06:23 am |
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hi im cesar,
the class that im currently taking is the cj315 enforcement function class. this class is invovled with terrorism because it deals with how anti terrorism laws are enforced. the enforcement of these laws have to be enforced in a way that don't bring up problems that deal with being discrminating. many people take these law enforcement meathods real seriously. any little thing that might be said wrong by an enforcer of the law, could end up having a law suit for the department of the enforcer. this is why there is great precausions when dealing with these types of situations.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 06:24 am |
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hi im cesar,
the class that im currently taking is the cj315 enforcement function class. this class is invovled with terrorism because it deals with how anti terrorism laws are enforced. the enforcement of these laws have to be enforced in a way that don't bring up problems that deal with being discrminating. many people take these law enforcement meathods real seriously. any little thing that might be said wrong by an enforcer of the law, could end up having a law suit for the department of the enforcer. this is why there is great precausions when dealing with these types of situations.
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frodriguezcj33007
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 06:28 am |
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| I think that gangs and terrorist share the same characteristics in that both use fear and violence to accomplish their goals. They cause harm to society by committing acts of terrorism.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 05:20 pm |
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| The definition of terrorism that Lt. Foster gave tto us in class was terrorism is to install fear to influence something, either political decisions, social or religions. When the United States had its last terrorist attack on 9/11, the United States was supposed to be devestated. That was not the case the we as a country bonded together to combat terrorism.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 05:23 pm |
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| Gangs in our country are the same as terrorist, but gangs go after each other most of the time. Terrorist target innocent vitims all the time for haveing diferent, political and religious views. In United States gangs are a major problem but they do not have the intent to push their religous views on anyone else they are just concerned about territory and wealth.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 07:41 pm |
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Terrorism can be displayed in many different ways from crashing plans into building to car bombs, and other violent acts that create terror and fear among pepple. Terrorism has been around for many years, but recently it started to hit home so now peple are more aware of the violence it has.
Up until September 11, 2001, I was not very aware of the damage that can be caused by terrorism. Terrorism can stem from a group of individuals who are prejudice against another group of individuals based on ethnicity, nationality, religion, or any other bias. The best precautions to take with regards to terrorism is to increase national security, monitor flights and other precautions.
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Posted: Fri Feb 9th, 2007 07:43 pm |
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Yes, I agree with you that there can be many different types of terrorism! It isn't always just about what happened at 911, it also happens everyday in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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