In reference to your point about the Revolutionaries, I was actually discussing this with my sister a few days ago. Technically speaking, Revolutionaries can be considered terrorists--they tried to instill fear in the British government (for example, the Boston Tea Party) for political purposes (specifically protesting taxation). In fact, according to an article titled, "Boston Tea Party Was Act Of Terrorism? Texas Public Schools Teaching New History Lesson," some schools in Texas are even examining it as such. Specifically, teachers are instructed to read the following prompt to their students:…
There is no complete or certain definition of terrorism, which makes it hard to identify someone as a terrorist. Terrorism is not always about killing people, but in John Brown’s case, violence was often a utilized tool. Brown’s actions at Pottawatomie Creek and Harpers Ferry rightly identified him as a freedom fighter. One reason John Brown should be considered more of a freedom fighter than a terrorist is that his positive actions strike out his negative.…
- Poundmaker died 4 months after his release in Crowfoots camp on July 4th 1986.…
Between a terrorist and a freedom fighter they are different, yet have similarities. To make it clear what each is, a terrorist is someone who puts harm and fear towards people on purpose, and an example of a terrorist is the infamous September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. That is not the only way to define terrorism or terrorist, there are multiple ways to explain. This is just one of many ways of explaining it. A freedom…
Although they are closely related in meaning, terrorist and revolutionary differ in their connotations. Terrorist describes a person who uses violence for political aims, and the word is often used by the American government to describe foreign-born men and women who oppose the American people. Revolutionary describes a person who is engaged in or promotes a political revolution, and the word is used daily to describe a drastic change.…
The term terrorism is defined as “the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes; the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or terrorization; a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.”(Dictionary.com). The huge debate is whether the colonists of the American Revolutions were actually patriots, or terrorists. If one was to go by this definition then yes, I believe that the colonists could be considered terrorists. However, while I agree with everything the definition gives, I believe that terrorism is more than this. From what I see with the terrorism that goes on today, the main goal of a terrorist is fear. They strive to instill fear in their enemies, and to kill them. The goal of the colonists was not to make the British fear them, or to kill as many British citizens as possible. Their goal was to defend their rights and their growing country. Both of these things characterize a patriot, which is what they truly were. Based on what I believe a true terrorist is, not what the dictionary defines it as; I do not think that the men and women who fought against the British in the American Revolution were Terrorists, but true patriots.…
“A terrorist is one who sows terror,” says Elshtain. She means that the victims of terrorist attacks are subjected to terror, or great fear. The purpose of subjecting a group of people to such fear varies but usually aims to destroy the morale of a people in its attempt at some religious, political, or ideological goal. Crucial features of inducing terror are its randomness and its attack on civilians as opposed to combatants. This elicits fear in every person because they are afraid for their personal safety in their day to day lives, as opposed to fearing only for our soldiers. To determine who is a terrorist, we must ask who they are attacking. Do they mainly target combatants in the field or bases, do they try to destroy military equipment and are they open to negotiations? If so, we should not label them terrorists for simply being enemy combatants. However, if they are deliberately targeting noncombatants with the intention of killing as many civilians as possible, they are clearly terrorists.…
Terrorists do not participate in formal war; instead, they attack civilian populations or landmarks. Terrorists believe that they have no option other than violence when they are fighting a government. Peaceful alternatives are either non-existent or ineffective. Many terrorists act the way they do because of a firm belief in their religious values or ideals. John Brown believed he was doing the work of God by abolishing slavery. In the light of the above definition, and John Brown 's actions, he was a terrorist.…
Terrorist" is a word used so often and so loosely that it has lost a clear meaning. Currently, the term "terrorist" is applied to the use of force most often on the basis of whether the speaker agrees with the goal of the violence. The expression "One man 's terrorist is another man 's freedom fighter."…
Terrorists are defined as persons who are mostly members of groups that support or perform terrorist acts upon other individuals or populations, because of a difference in opinion. Today Terrorism is conducted in a wide display of illegal political and religious organization in order to further goals of forcing their own religious or political views on others. Terrorists come from basically anywhere, a terrorist is simply an individual or group of persons who terrorize another person or association.In our Modern day society there is the stereo type that all terrorist are arab men, which is not neccaserilly true. Terrorist’s are often young men who are beginning to discover themselves and where they come from, and the majority of terrorists we see today come from a place that is a victim to the nation they are terrorizing; and so they are motivated to avenge or liberate their country and it’s people. Stereotypes are insulting to those they are directed towards, and this stereotype of terrorists and men of arab origin is rude and inappropriate even though we may have good reason to believe it’s true; and it also may be playing into the hands of the real terrorist’s.…
Terrorist do not see themselves as evil. A victim of a terrorist act sees the terrorist as a criminal with no regard for human life. The general public’s view though can be the most unstable. What is terrorism?…
“Prepare a written briefing for a Board (you can choose any company real or imaginary) explaining why they should increase or decrease their security in relation to the threat of terrorism.”…
What does it mean to be a revolutionary? A revolutionary is person who actively participates, or advocates revolution. Ernestno Che Guevara is an individuals who solely demonstrates the example of a true revolutionary. To some people Ernesto Guevara is an idolized man of the people, a freedom fighter for the downtrodden, who gave his life in the struggle to free people of the world to live in a “better” society; and to other he was seemed to be a killer who was willing to die to be a martyr for his cause. Che Guevara born in June 14, 1928 in Rosario Argentina. Che was described as a very dynamic and radical boy who enjoyed readings by Marx, Freud, and Engles. During this time Argentina has just gain their independence from Spain which was supposed to give the people a voice in their country, which was not the case. Which led him to want to help fight for people to be able to speak up and have some kind of say so in their government. At the age of twenty Guevara moved to Buenos…
The word “terrorism” comes from Jacobins rule in France from the fall of 1793 to the summer 1794. The Jacobin’s rule was called a reign of terror, because the “ultimate aim was to reshape society and human nature by destroying old regimen, suppressing all enemies of the revolutionary government, and inculcating and enforcing civic virtue.” The Jacobins believed that without terror, virtue would not be enforced, and therefore used death sentences against those not following their virtues, to impose terror in others so they follow those virtues in the future. (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).…
There are many different definitions on what terrorism is, what a terrorist is, and why they do what they do. First off, terrorist are human beings with feelings and concerns even though they channel those emotions in a lethal way (Nance 8). They are organized and ready to attack at a moment’s notice (Nance 9). Terrorist use big or small acts of violence to put fear into people and win when they have your attention (Nance 9). Lastly, terrorist only fear one thing: Not making it out of the safe house to carry out the attack (Nance 9).…