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mmonahancj38507
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Posted: Fri Sep 21st, 2007 06:22 am |
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| Terroism affects many people of all around the world.The word terrorism is defined as being "a violent act or an act dangerous to human life, in violation of the criminal laws of the United States or any segment to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political objectives." (Shusta, 304). I think we put people into these broad categories to make ourselves feel safe such as how we racial profile middle easterners in reagrds to them flying on airplanes. Technology plays a huge part in terroism in protecting the u.s, but is not perfect and can always use improvements.
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Posted: Fri Sep 21st, 2007 06:32 am |
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| i agree with gashecj38507 that we tend to single out middle easterners but they are not almost always the only people who are terrorists. I agree with the point ashe made about how would we react if we react if we were singled out. I know it would make me very uncomfortable to be stared at on an airplane if people assumed i was planning on bombing the plane.
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Posted: Sat Sep 22nd, 2007 02:44 am |
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In response to Quezada's post, I agree with your views; however, with today's advanced technology, wouldn't the terrorists be able to hack into the government's file if the government were to use the internet to crack down on terrorism?
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mpurdyunion
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Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 04:07 am |
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Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 04:51 am |
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Terrorism effects people in different ways, it all depends on what side you are on. Also, terrorists are not just Middle Eastern people. America has been hit by US born terrorists. I think the internet has help terrorists, not hindered them. I feel the internet has given some of our technology/strategy secrets away. Terrorism feeds on publicity and the internet is world wide. Technology is important to the terrorists, but is not needed. Look at the crude suicide bombers in Israel. I believe profiling is needed, but not “racial” profiling. Look, we have the most advanced/expensive technology in the world and we can not even located Osama bin Laden. Another thing, Criminals kill and hurt more people then terrorists have over the years in America. What have we done to combat this problem.
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KBAHRACJ38507
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Posted: Sat Oct 6th, 2007 07:27 am |
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| The more I try to understand the nature of this new beast ‘terrorism,’ the more I realize that it does not fit into any category of modern-day aggression that I am familiar with. Terrorism is different, it is not like a conventional war, it does not have conventional soldiers, and it does not have conventional motives. John Rawls is a renowned social/political theorist who has been a major influence on discussions of Jus ad Bellum. Upon research of Rawls’ justice in war doctrine, and other scholarly journals dealing with ethics, justice, war, and terrorism, I continue to find that terrorism will send our country back to the drawing board in terms of dealing with this new form of aggression.
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Posted: Sat Oct 6th, 2007 08:15 am |
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When criminals commit a crime in the US we as a society combat this problem by seeking out those individuals and make sure justice is served. It is true that criminals have killed more American than terrorist. However, terrorist are looking to kill thousands if not millions of people to get their point across. If we as society do not take this new threat seriously it would only take one nuclear weapon going off in a major US city for terrorist to gain the upper hand in American deaths. So, I would ask you what are we as a society doing to stop or prevent a scenario like this from happeming?
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Posted: Tue Oct 9th, 2007 01:44 am |
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| Unfortunately for every security measure developed, there is someone trying to find a way around it or make it non-effective. It almost seems like a never ending battle. Last edited on Tue Oct 9th, 2007 01:45 am by vmorrisoncj38507
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Posted: Tue Oct 9th, 2007 01:50 am |
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| I agree with you in regards to terrorism being related to all fields. This is what makes it so hard to combat. We never know if we are a step ahead or a step behind them. Just when we think we know something valid... a new form comes along.
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Posted: Thu Oct 25th, 2007 02:37 am |
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| I missed this post assigment a month ago. Regardless, I've learned terrorist are nothing but an organized gang!
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 11:15 pm |
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| Here is my short definition of Terrorism: Terrorism is an act by a group, no matter what their belief system is, to change the ideals of a majority or ruling group by using force and fear committing criminal acts upon the innocent civilian population.
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Posted: Sun Nov 4th, 2007 11:29 pm |
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Racial profiling is an interesting topic regarding terrorism. Although we do have domestic terrorism here in the U.S, racial profiling might work to a cetain extent. It reminds me of a scene from the movie Airplane where the white old lady was stopped and searched and the male Middle Eastern type walked through carring weapons past the check point. We do not have a high population of people that fit that profile, it may be a little easier for us to profile for terrorist activity. This may make some uncomfortable, but we do need to protect our innocent civilians and our way of life.
Israel has had more success by not racial profiling. They count on other objective symptoms, red flags, like someone wearing a coat when it is hot and that person is sweating looking around for the exact spot to detonate himself which would cause the most amount of casualties and damage.
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Posted: Mon Nov 5th, 2007 02:13 am |
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I believe, I am in the correct thread regarding terrorism. My definition of terrorism is as follows: An idea/belief fed to others through religion, culture, fear and force in order to achieve a political, social and economical goal, regardless of the collateral damage caused.
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Posted: Wed Nov 7th, 2007 12:55 am |
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| I think that not just racial profiling would some what help but looking for indicators and warnings to prevent or intercept the terrorists. We must look at the dry runs, falsified documents and over all the violent anti-american sentiments or extremist literature.
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Posted: Thu Nov 8th, 2007 07:14 pm |
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| I think that the most interesting thing I have learned in my 2 classes (terrorism and technology) as it relates to terrorsim, is simply "what constitutes terrorism." Prior to the class, I (perhaps like many of you) felt that a terrorist was a terrorist and since the word was tossed around so casually I never thought twice about the actual definition. I did not know that the UN did not even have a set or legislated definition, they merely refer to an "academic" definition offered by a terrorism "expert" named Jason Schmid. Additionally, many entities feel that terrorism can only be defined as an act or threat of violence which excludes vandalism of property or intentionally disrupting electronic devices such as computer files and other things.. Discussion and research about an accurate definition is very thought provoking.
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Posted: Thu Nov 8th, 2007 07:26 pm |
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| I agree in part with KBARHACJ38507 who stated that terrorism is a "beast," however terrorism is not anything new as was suggested. Israel, England and many other middle eastern and european countries have been dealing with terrorists for decades. Terrorism is a tactic used by the poor man who understands that he can not win a war through conventional means.
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Posted: Thu Nov 8th, 2007 07:26 pm |
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 06:53 pm |
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Messman, While often a target of civil libertarians, "profiling" is a useful tool in combating terrorism. If the people threatening harm come from a specific and identifiable segment of the local or world community it is reasonable to focus attention in that area. Unfortunately, when dealing with the threat of Islamic facists there are a number of races from which these radical members come. The largest population of Muslims can be found in Indonesia. Still others in the Caucuses, and these folks may look like the average white or European member of our country.
This is not lost on those who intend to attack us again, and they will recruit members of those groups who look like the average American citizen who may be less likely to be stopped or contacted during "profiling" efforts. Similarly, it has not been lost on those planning future attacks that people of Middle Eastern backgrounds have similar appearances as those from Mexico and other Central American countries, and have chosen to exploit our lack of security along our southern border.
"Profiling" efforts should not be singularly focused on race alone as we attempt to guard against terrorist attacks. We need to adjust and imrpove our security measures just as those seeking to attack us seek counter measures to our efforts.Last edited on Fri Nov 9th, 2007 09:52 pm by nmonganunion
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Posted: Fri Nov 9th, 2007 09:54 pm |
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While often a target of civil libertarians, "profiling" is a useful tool in combating terrorism. If the people threatening harm come from a specific and identifiable segment of the local or world community it is reasonable to focus attention in that area. Unfortunately, when dealing with the threat of Islamic facists there are a number of races from which these radical members come. The largest population of Muslims can be found in Indonesia. Still others in the Caucuses, and these folks may look like the average white or European member of our country.
This is not lost on those who intend to attack us again, and they will recruit members of those groups who look like the average American citizen who may be less likely to be stopped or contacted during "profiling" efforts. Similarly, it has not been lost on those planning future attacks that people of Middle Eastern backgrounds have similar appearances as those from Mexico and other Central American countries, and have chosen to exploit our lack of security along our southern border.
"Profiling" efforts should not be singularly focused on race alone as we attempt to guard against terrorist attacks. We need to adjust and imrpove our security measures just as those seeking to attack us seek counter measures to our efforts
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Posted: Sat Nov 10th, 2007 06:27 am |
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| To: blowryarcadia410. I agree with you that simply defining the term "terrorism" was interesting and like many people had never given it much thought. However, I am not surprised that the UN has been unable to come up with a definition of terrorism. I consider it another example of their inability to accomplish much of anything.
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