government at that time‚ and took away the rights from the blacks. Like himself‚ Nelson Mandela stood up for the blacks‚ and is the reason why South Africa holds it’s independence till today. Even though many may object that Nelson Mandela is a terrorist because he killed many lives of the whites - Nelson Mandela is a freedom fighter because the government used violence against the blacks first‚ he wanted to make the black and white freedom equal‚ and because he still fought for freedom for everyone
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Chan Kim Professor Seiling HIST 170 22 May 2013 Debate between John Brown and Irrational Terrorist Opposition to slavery issue was a major problem in the seventeenth and eighteenth century in the United States. Most of the opposition came from the religious leaders‚ especially Christian (Purtian) leaders. Such as Samuel Sewall‚ John Woolman and Anthony Bezezet published pamphlets that urge people to abolish slavery system. John Brown was also the abolitionist who believed that armed insurrection
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Many people believe that criminal activity and terrorist activity are vastly different‚ but the fact is that terrorist groups and criminals are very similar in their planning‚ except that criminals and terrorist groups are both working towards a different goal. Terrorist groups are often motivated by religious or political beliefs‚ but criminals are motivated by greed or the exhilaration of committing a crime without being apprehended. However‚ terrorists and criminals have many things in common‚ for
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worldwide issue today and there’s no way to know what is coming. Regardless of age‚ gender or class‚ everyone is grouped together as victims after a terrorist attack. There’s no way to predict what will happen or what causes people to do these horrible things‚ but making the most of every day is so important. In Wislawa Szymborska’s poem “The Terrorist‚ He Watches‚” diction‚ imagery as well as suspense are used to illustrate that life is amazing and beautiful but can be taken away in the blink of an
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Is terrorism justified A. “The Terrorist Outlaw‚” William McGurn argues that “terrorism is irredeemably evil.” Implicit in this claim is the belief that acts of terrorism are never justified. I agree with William Mcgurn because terrorizing humans is unjustified act‚ my definition of terrorism is an act of violence that scare people in everywhere outdoors or inside doors with unjustified legally reason‚ torturing people for selfish and unreasonable reasons with untrue claims is not justified at
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Mandela is arguably one of the biggest influencers of today’s modern world and is largely considered a freedom fighter. But‚ for decades he was considered a terrorist and a global threat. To consider Mandela a terrorist and not a freedom fighter‚ you have to ignore both the key traits of terrorists and the key traits of freedom fighters. Terrorists turn to violence without reason‚ use strategy that will hurt the most people and is not the most effective‚‚ and fight for ultimate control over their ‘oppressors’
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Mad Blood Stirring: Vendetta in Renaissance Italy Book Response Written by Edward Muir‚ this powerful microhistory analyses the events during 1511 in the town of Friuli‚ Italy at the time of the carnival. Muir’s thesis for his book‚ Mad Blood Stirring comes together in separate parts throughout his introduction. Firstly‚ Muir attempts to establish the importance of the Venetian rule over the province and people of Friuli and its capital city‚ Udine. Due to its geographical location‚ this part
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GTD of all terrorist attacks from 1970 to 2013 were observed. This study sought to answer two main questions. Does a significant terrorist attack somehow inspire other terrorist attacks‚ and can terrorist attacks be anticipated statistically? They were searching to see if there was any evidence to the likelihood that another attack would occur where one just had. The authors found that “Although the volume of terrorist incidents worldwide has increased dramatically‚ the volume of terrorist incidents
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committed himself to creating these attacks and successfully carried out 2 before being captured- the Pottawatomie Creek attack and Harpers Ferry raid. Many could argue why John Brown qualifies for being a terrorist‚ yet he undoubtedly created a pathway for
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Gill Hicks talks about her personal experience with a terrorist attack. “I survived a terrorist attack. Here’s what I learned” shares the how extremely terrify and life changing it is to go through a terrorist attack and what it can teach you. As one of the few survivors of a train that was blown up‚ Gill talks about her battle to live and how hard it was after her legs had been blown off. Gill Hicks wants everyone to understand that unconditional love and respect for others is all that matters
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