Terrorism Abstract What defines terrorism or freedom fighting depends upon a number of factors. Motivation as a factor in defining terrorism or freedom fighting is particularly significant as it forms the basis of Macquarie’s dictionary definition‚ “someone who joins in organised resistance usually armed against the established government‚ or the domination of his or her country by a foreign power” . Therefore it can be stated that a freedom fighters goal is to liberate oppressed people from foreign
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Introduction The terrorist attacks in America have since publicized controversial attitudes in understanding and defining terrorism. There is a misconception of terrorism as it was only in actuality brought to light after the attacks in America on 11 September 2001 (Best & Nocella‚ 2004); this has guided many to assume that terrorism arose in light of the 11 September attacks‚ when actually terrorism did not begin in 2001; nor is it restricted to extremists in the Middle East. Here is where much
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Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? The word terrorism carries a very negative connotation in the western world. The attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City‚ the Unabomber‚ and countless atrocities the modern news is plagued with frequently skews what terrorism is and what terrorists are. During the American Revolution‚ the colonist rebels used terrorist tactics to win the war and secure their freedom. They were considered freedom fighters‚ not terrorists. However‚ when opinions are taken
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Essay EL&C Cause and Effect Emma van der Maas ICV1A Terrorist or freedom fighter Terrorists are evil and want only to destroy and terrorise the western society. They all have beards and see the Quran as their holy mean to convey this awful jihad (holy war). They have their ways and beliefs to justify their terrorist actions and they do not care about the people they hurt or kill. Or do they? Is the ‘western world’ not forgetting that we for centuries have excluded these
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Evaluate the statement‚ “One person’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter.” According to Dictionary.com‚ the definition of “terrorist” is “a person‚ usually a member of a group‚ who advocates terrorism or a person who frightens others.” As for the phase “freedom fighter”‚ it refers to “a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.” In the Western media‚ and often in the world media “Terrorists” are always described as violent people‚ and enemies of world
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John Brown: Terrorist or Freedom Fighter There are many people that think of Brown as a terrorist or freedom fighter. A lot of stuff he did was a freedom fighting kinds of things‚ while other people say he’s a terrorist. So what I am really trying to find out id weather or not he’s a freedom fighter or terrorist. John Brown fighting for a cause or not? He once said that God deemed him to free slaves. He’s had people help him organize things and to get stuff to fight for what he believes in. Some
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Brown‚ some will debate over the fact that he was a freedom fighter or a terrorist. Some will say he is a terrorist because he killed so many people. Then there is the people who say he is a freedom fighter who vowed his life to end slavery even if it cost him his life. First let’s talk about how he is a freedom fighter. When John went into Harpers Ferry he could of just blew up the armory‚ destroying the town and killing many like a terrorist would have since their main motive is to cause fear to
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Nelson Mandela - The Fight For Freedom Imagine living in your own country where drinking from the wrong water fountain could get you into jail. These are the types of dangers that a black South African‚ or also known as the ‘coloured’ person‚ could get into. The ‘coloured’ and the ‘non-coloured’ were forced to ride on separate trains‚ go to separate schools‚ and were even forced to sit on different benches. In 1913‚ 7.3% of the South African land is was given to the blacks‚ who take took up
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was a terrorist ‚and some believe that he is a freedom Fighter. My belief is that he was a freedom fighter ‚and not a terrorist. He was not because none of his actions were meant to cause fear to anybody. His raid on Harpers Ferry was not a terrorist attack. His attack was not meant to cause fear. He just wanted the guns in the armory. He did not want anybody to die in the raid. That is what happened at Harpers Ferry and next is Pottawatomie. His killings at Pottawatomie were not terrorist attacks
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Freedom Fighter or Terrorist which is John Brown. I believe John Brown is a terrorist. From the violence he did. John Brown should have thought out his plain to help with slavery in a different way. He did violence because his dad did not like slavery but John Brown cared about the slaves. He thought God wanted him to free the slaves with violence so he did. Main reason of terrorism is defined- “the unlawful use of force and violence against persons or property intimidate or coerce government‚
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