Summary of “The Missing Piece to the Gang – Violence Debate” by Dan Gardner Are there several reasons for gang related violence? There is an overabundance of ideas that politicians argue; including fatherless families, weak immigration rules, lenient criminal justice system, racism, poverty, and too many guns. Dan Gardner claims “these previously mentioned points are important and worthy of discussion, but there is something missing”.1 The cause he claims often is unanalyzed and scarcely made a reason, is the illicit drug trade industry. In his article, Gardner suggests illicit drug trade and the black market are primary causes of gang related violence, and most often, these causes are shunned. He cites Mexico’s strategy of rigid law enforcement to eradicate gang violence has a negative impact; suggesting that higher enforcement is associated with higher homicide rates and argues that markets are self-correcting mechanisms.
1984 Conspiracy Theory Is it possible that totalitarianism - where all freedom is removed - could be a reality? This question posed to readers' when studying George Orwell's 1984. Sadly Manufactured Wars In American History : How it could happen? A number of wild conspiracy theories were born but the significance is in the message of the 911 myth. That it had an overwhelming effect on 9 11 Inside Job (Argument Essay) and declassify evidence gathered during and after the attacks.
During times of war, it is understandable that the Government will be more apt to protect its people. In the United States, terrorism has become a major concern. This has come to light more recently after the 9/11 attack in 2004. Americans have been told that terrorism is their biggest enemy. Though in the attempts to obtain security, the people of the United States are giving up their freedoms and others are having those same freedoms taken away from them.
In most detective fiction written before the 1930’s, police officers played subordinate roles – but the World Wars changed that. Transformations in American society contributed to new concerns about crime, rising levels of violence and acute attention to the role of police. The spy hero was made redundant by the collapse of the Soviet Union and thriller writers needed something to fill the void. Rather than detection, the crime narratives focused on moments of moral decision making and were conveyed from the point of view of protagonists who were police detectives or government agents. A broader interest in exploring psychological motivation also found its niche in US film and was visually and narratively distinct from that of the 1930’s.
The Issue Since September 11th 2001 the United States have been at war with terrorists who have brought the fight to America’s homeland. This is not the first time wars have been fought within the American borders, but recent events in history have kept the majority of fighting off of American soil. “The militarization of domestic policing in the United States coincided with the onset of two ongoing "wars": the "war on drugs," which began in earnest in the 1980s, and the "war on terror," which assumed much greater dimensions in the early 2000s. Like any other war, these conflicts utilize military personnel, equipment, and tactics to combat and eradicate real and perceived enemies” (Hall & Coyne, 2013). On 9/11 terrorist where able to murder over 3,000 people many who were civilians.
Like genocide, terrorism has been used in warfare since warfare was first instituted. As the name states it is used to create a state of terror in the society that it is used against. This tactic is not only used against military targets, but also against civilian targets, in order to pressure the public against any retribution towards the group. Terrorism is very efficient and cost effective, as has been seen in recent years. As with genocide, terrorism does not create any moral dilemma to the society that implements it, yet the one that it is being used against is of the opinion that it is one of the worst things that can be used.
Al-Qaeda would eventually use tactics used by the IRA decades before. Both organizations have political and religious motives and use bombings and killings to spread fear of their group, including purposely targeting civilians within their own borders, as well as different sects of the same base religion. Where Al-Qaeda has orchestrated attacks all over the globe, the IRA has kept its target as the British and non-supporting Irish parties. Both of these groups have been in decline in recent years, Al-Qaeda due to immense pressure from global anti-terrorism, the IRA from a shift in using terrorism as a tool and lack of
Fought largely by independent, irregular bands [of armed forces]…it is warfare of harassment…It features the use of ambushes, hit‐and‐run raids, sabotage, and…terrorism to wear down the enemy.” That’s it then, isn’t it? Encyclopedia.com has defined guerrilla forces as using “terrorism to wear down the enemy.” Therefore to claim that the American Revolutionaries used guerrilla tactics while fighting their much larger foe, Britain; would be to claim that the American Revolutionaries were in fact terrorists. But wait; notice for a second the similarities with the definition of partisanship as presented earlier. Dictionary.com defined partisanship using such descriptions as “irregular troops… engaged in harassing an enemy…[engaging] in sabotage…” and even even goes far enough to call them “guerrilla
People state that all terrorism reflects off the right wing. However I disagree due to the fact that there’s more to terrorism than taking over governments and starting up riots. The Right Wing Terrorism first was created in Europe after the corruption of the Soviet Union. Right Wing Terrorism tries to replace different types of governments with social structure governments. The skinheads and hooligans, who are people who cause riots, destruction, and violent behavior, are over the right – wing
GLOBAL INJUSTICE: TERRORISM Terrorism is the use of violence and or intimidation by a person or a group of people to achieve a political goal. That is one of the many unofficial definitions of terrorism some other definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. Studies have found that there are over one hundred different definitions of terrorism but people today use the term terrorist to describe islamism or jihadism and ignoring the non-islamic organizations or individuals. Terrorism has been used by many political organizations, nationalistic groups, religious groups, revolutionaries, and ruling governments. one consistent characteristic is the use of violence on non-combatants to gain publicity for a group,cause, or individual.