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    What is Terrorism?

    What defines terrorism? When we have a school shooter we just call it a mass shooting. We never call it terrorism. Likewise if we have a public mass shooting we still just call it a mass shooting. We refrain from calling it an act of terrorism.

    Also we have gang members, as well as groups such as the Klan. These groups of people can very well bring terror to many people including their cities, and throughout society in general. These groups can inspire fear. In the case of gang members they kill people in droves, and it is never referred to as terrorism. It is simply called gang violence. For example Chicago is almost as bad as the Middle East the death toll is staggering. In our very own nation we have a war zone. The only difference between Chicago and the Middle East is that they are not using rocket launchers and bombs.

    I am wondering why our Nation and our Media are refraining from calling acts of terror in our nation acts of terror? We only seem to ascribe the term terrorism to acts that are backed by radical ideology, or religiously inspired acts of terrorism.

    I think an act of terror is terrorism. Terrorism is an act of terror inflicted by a person or a group on any other person or persons.

    I think those who shoot up schools inspire terror in their victims. Not only in the people who were directly involved and were the victims. But it inspires terror in the entire nation. Children are afraid to go to school, parents are afraid to send their kids to school, and if you go to school you don't know if you will come home that day. This is terrorism. Because of terrorism our nation has become an unsafe place, people are afraid and uneasy.

    I also believe public mass shootings, or those who drive cars into crowds, any act against the public, are also terrorism. This instills a long lasting fear and terror in the hearts of the people of the nation. People are afraid they do not know if they go to the store, or if they go through the McDonalds drive through, if they will come home that day.

    There are many forms of terrorism in our nation. We also have incidents in Arizona where we have serial shooters, we never call it terrorism, we always call it "serial shooter". But this is terrorism. I lived in Arizona at a time where there was one of those serial shooters, I can tell you it does inspire terror and fear in the entire population. I myself still went on walks but they were not relaxed walks it was walking around with suspicion. Every car that seemed to drive a little too slow could be the shooter. Any strange person standing somewhere could be the shooter. It is always in the back of your mind. It could be anyone. This is inspiring terror in the population.

    Then there is a subject that I don't even want to talk about but will briefly mention is people like pedophiles. These people are also terrorists. They are preying on the innocent. They inspire fear in our entire nation. These people have made it so that you children cannot play in public with the freedom that they once had. They inspire fear in everyone.

    There are many forms of terrorism happening in our nation. I am wondering why we don't call it for what it is? An act of terror is an act of terror, and these acts are becoming the norm in our nation. Is this what we have come to? It seems that sickness has slowly consumed us so deeply that we don't even notice just how bad it has gotten. We are not the peaceful nation we once were. We are becoming a nation of fear.
    Last edited by Just AnotherPerson; 09-17-2018 at 03:34 PM.
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