The Ultimate Sacrifice Research Paper
20 February 2013
The Use of Violence
Violence used as a solution to injustice is only acceptable when it is necessary to prevent innocent people from being harmed from a threat such as terrorism. In order to stop terrorists from causing mass destruction to our country, we must act fast. Terrorists not only cause destruction, but they also affect innocent people who aren’t even involved with the problems the terrorists may have. To stop them quickly and not let them become even more dominate by attacking again, we must use violence.
Some people use Terrorism, the use of fighting in pursuit of governmental aims, in order to obtain political change. In the book “The anatomy of Terrorism” by David E. Long, he explains that normally “the victims are not the real target to the terrorist attacks-that is the governing authorities the terrorists are seeking to intimidate” …show more content…
The truth is that most religions dislike the idea of terrorism. In the book “The Ultimate Sacrifice by David Baker, he states that “No major religious group accepts the right of one human to kill another for personal gain or to destroy life for an idea” (lines 15-16). Terrorists are going against what religious groups accept, but the religions are tolerable to people trying to stop them for the better of their country. There are many ways to go about solving a problem, and terrorism is a very destructive and intimidating way. For someone to think it is necessary to use violence as a solution, they must have extremist views that shield them from seeing the true terror of their actions (lines 9-12). Sometimes they will try to use a justification from interpretations of religious beliefs to assure themselves that destroying anything they disagree with is the sensible way to act (lines 12-14). Whatever way the terrorists may think, they are still expressing their beliefs in a horrible and harmful
The Use of Violence
Violence used as a solution to injustice is only acceptable when it is necessary to prevent innocent people from being harmed from a threat such as terrorism. In order to stop terrorists from causing mass destruction to our country, we must act fast. Terrorists not only cause destruction, but they also affect innocent people who aren’t even involved with the problems the terrorists may have. To stop them quickly and not let them become even more dominate by attacking again, we must use violence.
Some people use Terrorism, the use of fighting in pursuit of governmental aims, in order to obtain political change. In the book “The anatomy of Terrorism” by David E. Long, he explains that normally “the victims are not the real target to the terrorist attacks-that is the governing authorities the terrorists are seeking to intimidate” …show more content…
The truth is that most religions dislike the idea of terrorism. In the book “The Ultimate Sacrifice by David Baker, he states that “No major religious group accepts the right of one human to kill another for personal gain or to destroy life for an idea” (lines 15-16). Terrorists are going against what religious groups accept, but the religions are tolerable to people trying to stop them for the better of their country. There are many ways to go about solving a problem, and terrorism is a very destructive and intimidating way. For someone to think it is necessary to use violence as a solution, they must have extremist views that shield them from seeing the true terror of their actions (lines 9-12). Sometimes they will try to use a justification from interpretations of religious beliefs to assure themselves that destroying anything they disagree with is the sensible way to act (lines 12-14). Whatever way the terrorists may think, they are still expressing their beliefs in a horrible and harmful