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Post by jonah21 on Nov 14, 2015 6:33:45 GMT
Very recently, the terror in Paris led to at least 120 dead (most likely more). Immediately after seeing this, I thought of the earlier attack because of The Charlie Hebdo magazine tension. The magazine published very controversial political cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. It could be seen as offensive to Muslims and eventually, terrorists attacked the offices of Charlie Hebdo Magazine. Now people say that the recent attacks were an act of retaliation. People speculate that this was the work of ISIS. ISIS-affiliated Twitter accounts started using the #ParisOnFire to describe this event just like how they did for the Charlie Hebdo attack.
But I want to know one thing. Is it truly the right way to express your ideas, discontent, and other things through terrorism and killing innocents? I personally find it morally wrong and there would be other ways to do so. However, I think that people find using terrorism has a heavy and almost instant impact on others. What do you guys think?
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Post by Jooyoung on Nov 14, 2015 10:18:15 GMT
When I read the news regarding terror in Paris today, I was extremely disturbed and speechless. Those terrorists are so radical, extremely heartless, and cruel. To answer your question, my answer is NO. NEVER. Terrorism and killing others are never right in any case. Terrorisms do impact others instantly because they create fear, and implanting fear is usually the most easiest way to control a group of people. HOWEVER, it is wayyyyyy off the boundary of freedom of expression. You can't take away someone's inalienable right to life just to get your message across! That is EXTREMELY IMMORAL!!
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Post by maysamyounis on Nov 14, 2015 11:56:51 GMT
I agree with you, I read news today I really kind of shocked,first things I do't believed any religion our and any side of humanity accepted this because this thing happen it just terrorists they kill innect people with out ave any empty why they doing this things, but also I kind blame France news Charlie Hebdo magazine because they Publishing something bad films and report cartoons about prophet Muhammad, this magazine when the publishing this bad s stuff epically it case many people angry and also will be agains side and they may stand with stupid react and they will to due a terrorists because they thought is revenge.Prophet Muhammad he is the greatest person for many people actually for all Muslims, it cause angry of many of them. also there supposed to be know CONFLICT between religion in this world because all of us have his believes they thing they are rights.
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Post by sangjoon on Nov 14, 2015 12:47:14 GMT
I also agree with you guys. I got really shocked when I hear that more than 100 innocent people got killed by terrorists this morning. It is true that accepting many different cultures is good idea for equalism. But as you see this morning, there are possibility of tragedy like this morning because some group of people believe that the best way to express the anger is terror and they actually do it for real .I think it it better to make a regulation on accepting culture to prevent those kinds of happens. I feel so bad for today's terror happen in paris and I pray for them  ? |
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Post by anniee on Nov 14, 2015 19:49:04 GMT
Hours ago, according to the article by Vox (http://www.vox.com/2015/11/14/9734794/isis-claim-paris-statement ), ISIS claimed that they were indeed responsible for the Paris attack, though yet we don't truly know if the act of terrorism was their work. They wrote on Twitter that "The targets included the Bataclan theatre for exhibitions, where hundreds of pagans gathered for a concert of prostitution and vice," and to "Let France and all nations following its path know that they will continue to be at the top of the target list for the Islamic State and that the scent of death will not leave their nostrils as long as they partake in the crusader campaign, as long as they dare to curse our Prophet (blessings and peace be upon him), and as long as they boast about their war against Islam in France and their strikes against Muslims in the lands of the Caliphate with their jets, which were of no avail to them in the filthy streets and alleys of Paris. Indeed, this is just the beginning. It is also a warning for any who wish to take heed." By these excerpts, it does seem possible that the act was a response to the previous magazine incident, but it also could be the beginning of an large-scale ISIS attack against the world.
I also would like to know why some people find such violent ways to voice themselves. The Paris attack was not only statement by whichever group that performed the deed, but a muncool murder against over a hundred ordinary civilians. I have friends who are currently studying in France, as well as an French acquaintance whose relatives are all living in the Paris area. She told me that she was crying this very morning while attempting to contact her family to see if they were safe. Even though people think that terrorism is useful for how much it ends up being publicized in the media, but what it brings is international criticizing of the group that instigated the act, so I don't really understand how they would think that terrorism is effective. Though some disillusioned do decide to be recruited into the organization, it is hated by the world, so why would anyone want to put themselves in such a position that would be them vs. the rest of the world?
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Post by graceyichen on Nov 15, 2015 9:15:43 GMT
I think terrorism is just people getting angry because they are misunderstood.
An essential part of life in a community is receiving acceptance and understanding from your own kind. But in a world where the majority is influenced to think a certain way because of a small group of people, naturally, people want to break free. And when they do, they become rebels and the target of "the government" or "society". I know that terrorism is wrong, and sometimes I believe it is beyond hope to negotiate anything with them, to talk them out of doing the horrible things that they do in the name of justice or religion...I think their initial motives are understandable. That doesn't mean they can take their actions to an extreme and kill innocent people I know, I just think, there needs to be an adult in the situation thats willing to step down. I know it is terribly selfish to ask this of the relatives of those who have been innocently killed, honestly, it's never going to be fair and I don't know why it can't be. There's no explanation. At least I believe we need to listen more than we speak. Terrorism will not stop until we understand each other, and most of the time we just blame people, or communities blindly, it doesn't make anything better. Terrorism is not a religion, I saw this somewhere online, and I agree. If we stop uncooluming, stop being afraid of people like us, (I know, they're not like us, they have guns, they can shoot people, but in the core, we just all want to be accepted and to be free) maybe we can protect more people from being killed.
It's never right to kill people, though I can think of situations where death could be the only way to save a majority of people or bring "justice", I still don't think anyone has the right to take another's life.
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Post by mayurika98 on Nov 15, 2015 9:44:04 GMT
Terrorism has been issue since a long time. As long as people keep living in the idea of good versus bad there will be problems and war created against each other. I don't know if it human nature to disrupt the natural system and go against the grain, but it certainly is human nature to seek escape. I think terrorism is a form of seeking escape. When people's voices are not heard it forces them to go against the system. We see this all the time in rebellion but sometimes its just not that extreme. Of course it is not "right" to kill people, but are we making these judgments by looking at their side of the story?
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Post by juliaj on Nov 15, 2015 9:46:01 GMT
I think that expressing your ideas and beliefs is fine but I don't think that you should express it in ways that hurt others. This is definitely a way that hurts others. I think that people should be more careful with how they express their beliefs because it can be offensive to others, and that when you realize you did something to hurt another person, you should try to make things right in a peaceful way. Using these kind of methods to show their beliefs helps no one.
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Post by jin794 on Nov 15, 2015 11:01:59 GMT
Recently, according to the news, the terror in Paris led to at least 130 dead people. It was extremely unbelievable. The terrorists were so radical and cold-hearted. According to the news, some of the terrorists asked victims in Paris what religion they believe in and what kind of nationality they were and killed them based on their answers. Killing innocent people is never right in any situation. Terrorism impacts us in society because it creates fear. This incident is very immoral.
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Post by Jonathan on Nov 15, 2015 11:13:36 GMT
No one is allowed to express their ideas through violence especially terrorism. Terrorism and expressing your ideas is completely different matters. You don't need to go bomb yourself or force others to kill innocent people to express your ideas. This is just showing how stupid you are thinking people will agree with you by hurting others. Terrorists rationalize themselves that the terror was done for a cause but it's just an excuse for the world's most idiotic action.
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Post by christopher on Nov 15, 2015 12:48:47 GMT
I absolutely do not think that terrorism is a way to express ideas. Why kill others and yourself to express ideas? This is pretty stupid and immoral. Terrorists probably would rationalize that by sacrificing themselves and bringing others with them would give the most impact to the world about their ideals. And the result? They did made an impact but an immoral impact! It is just hard to think that such people would think that terrorism is the 'only' way to express their ideas.
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Post by ETypeRegymon on Nov 15, 2015 12:49:22 GMT
When Jonathan mentioned "world's most idiotic action" being terrorism, it reminds me of a quote that simply states "The ends justify the means." Let's see... ISIS' ends is to essentially force Islam to become the most powerful religion by far. The means involve terrorism and acts of violence against anyone that disagrees. Doot doodoot doodoo... Religion is a set of beliefs to follow, beliefs are based on faith AKA trust, so convincing should be the way to go, convincing involves logic, logic does not involve misinterpreting the Quran. On another note, convincing also involves words, and words do not involve armed combat and suicide bombers. Ignore their morality as awful as it may be, their line of thinking isn't much better off! Using fear to make someone have faith will not work. It'll just make people fear you (as in ISIS). Then again, maybe "powerful" meant "rule the world with an iron fist", as opposed to "make the world believe in Islam", so I guess they're doing well with No Mercy?
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Post by Jessica (Yeeun) Kim on Nov 15, 2015 13:03:30 GMT
I have watch a news about the terror in Paris. My first reaction was very shock because it was very unexpected. I recognized that South Korea is not safe from terrors. Personally, it is not allowable to express one’s ideas, discontents, and other things through violence. The terror in Paris reminds me 911 terror in United States. Innocent people were died and many people live in fear of terror. Killing innocents are never allow.
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Post by toomuchchanmin on Nov 15, 2015 13:47:47 GMT
Of course killing someone or some people is a wrong thing to do. The thing about terrorism is that even though it might get people in shock, it does not prove a point. Whatever the terrorists' reasons were, they didn't prove a point. My guess is that they wanted to show how strong their "state" or religion one, so they just muncoolacred random people. However our reaction to the terrorist attack wasn't "Holy crap, they're so strong we should be scared of them!" but more of a "You'll pay for this!". So in the end terrorism is just meaningless violence in the end, sadly.
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Post by heesu on Nov 15, 2015 13:51:57 GMT
I was listening to the news about terror in Paris. I think this terror is tragedy and shock to our society. I think it is not right to kill innocent people. It is very sad that someone have to lost their friends and families. The terrorists are just babies who wants candy from other people. Their actions are just stupid and not mature. What will be the benefit for them? I wonder there will be no beneficial and advantages. There is no point of them doing this immature actions. This shows that government should come up with some solutions to prevent terror. There are no more safe country.
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