Political Disenfranchised Research Paper
Is it true to say that terrorism is a legitimate tool for the politically disenfranchised? Consider this question with reference to recent events.
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Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. The victims are usually chosen randomly or selectively from a population. Acts of terror are often performed by political, ethnic, or religious groups who feel they have no other recourse for their needs or demands. Because terrorist groups are often disenfranchised members of a dictatorial society in which democratic rights of protest and petition are not practiced, terrorism is justified by disempowered groups of people. Therefore, in extreme cases, in which peaceful and democratic methods have been exhausted, it is legitimate and justified to resort to …show more content…
Being excluded from the civic process is a threat to democracy. Likewise, the practice of disenfranchisement is often unequal, leading to “racial vote dilution” and can be perceived as an unjust “collateral consequence” of a conviction.
2) We must accept terror even though we do not condone it because it is also a natural outcome of severe desperation and bitterness of the world’s impoverished majority. Eg: Al Qaeda’s operatives, Abu Sayaff’s guerillas, Palestinian suicide-bombers, the Spanish Basque Separatists and the Muslims terrorist in Southern Thailand.
3) Terror to one is not terror to another; this is clearly seen in the split of world opinion over the mounting Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The American government, heavily pressured by a powerful Zionist lobby, sees the Palestinian suicide bombers as callous terrorists whilst the Muslim world, as evidenced by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Doctor Mahathir’s speeches, views them in the light of martyrs, sacrificing themselves for Allah and Palestine.
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Introduction:
Terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes. The victims are usually chosen randomly or selectively from a population. Acts of terror are often performed by political, ethnic, or religious groups who feel they have no other recourse for their needs or demands. Because terrorist groups are often disenfranchised members of a dictatorial society in which democratic rights of protest and petition are not practiced, terrorism is justified by disempowered groups of people. Therefore, in extreme cases, in which peaceful and democratic methods have been exhausted, it is legitimate and justified to resort to …show more content…
Being excluded from the civic process is a threat to democracy. Likewise, the practice of disenfranchisement is often unequal, leading to “racial vote dilution” and can be perceived as an unjust “collateral consequence” of a conviction.
2) We must accept terror even though we do not condone it because it is also a natural outcome of severe desperation and bitterness of the world’s impoverished majority. Eg: Al Qaeda’s operatives, Abu Sayaff’s guerillas, Palestinian suicide-bombers, the Spanish Basque Separatists and the Muslims terrorist in Southern Thailand.
3) Terror to one is not terror to another; this is clearly seen in the split of world opinion over the mounting Israeli-Palestinian crisis. The American government, heavily pressured by a powerful Zionist lobby, sees the Palestinian suicide bombers as callous terrorists whilst the Muslim world, as evidenced by Malaysia’s Prime Minister Doctor Mahathir’s speeches, views them in the light of martyrs, sacrificing themselves for Allah and Palestine.
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