Terrorism

"How are we supposed to start our lives with death looking over our shoulders?" (Higgins, 7). The quote above is an eloquent example of how terrorism can paralyze people and can create victims even out of those that were not present at the site of the attack. Terrorism is a pernicious modern phenomenon because it is an assault on the psychology of a people or a nation. As a direct result of this, the damage caused by terrorism extends far beyond whatever body count one particular act of terror generates. These psychological ramifications create indirect victims, victims of a terrorist attack who were not at the site of the attack. Additionally, terrorists themselves are victims of terrorism due to their brainwashed indoctrination in the culture of death.

Terrorists attempt to unbalance an entire society. Indeed, "terrorism erodes at both the individual level and the community level the sense of security and safety people usually feel. Terrorism challenges the natural need of humans to see the world as predictable, orderl

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