Freedom Terror

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This paper takes a look at modern day terrorism. According to the paper, terrorism has been a growing threat to the modern world as technologies and international tensions have evolved. The paper discusses how its capacity for destruction has grown exponentially in the past century.

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"The pervasively flawed nature of the Bush administration's definition of terrorism and freedom fighting allows for the terms' manipulation and misuse in political and social forums. In short, the imprecise understanding of terrorism grants the cliche, "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter," some level of credence. Consequently, "Use of the term implies a moral judgment; and if one party can successfully attach the label 'terrorist' to is opponent, then it has indirectly persuaded others of its moral viewpoint. Hence, the decision to call someone or label some organization 'terrorist' becomes almost unavoidably subjective." Historically, this ambiguity surrounding terrorism has not required much particular attention because it was a largely localized phenomenon, and limited in its scope. However today, the importance of adequately identifying and reacting to terrorism has become amplified both by the lack of geographic confines surrounding its perpetration, and the almost unimaginable levels of destruction that terrorists have the potential to unleash. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cryan, Phillip. (2005). "Defining Terrorism." Independent.co.uk. Available: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/~pine/Phil110/terrorism.html.
• Taylor, Robert. (2002). The History of Terrorism. San Diego: Lucent Books.
• Thackrah, John Richard. (1987). Encyclopedia of Terrorism and Political Violence. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.
• Whittaker, David j. (2001). The Terrorism Reader. London: Routledge.

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