Sociology 3363F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter S1 reading: 2016 Orlando Nightclub Shooting, Laguardia Airport, Global Terrorism Index
24 May 2018
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Chapter One S#1
Terrorism as Moralistic Violence
Intro
- 15 years after 9/11, 90% of US adults remember exactly where they were
- 2016 a higher percent of adults believe terrorist were more capable of launching a major attack on the US
- Moe tha half of Aeias epoted eig e oeed aout the ise i Islaist eteis
- Gallop poll 2015,
- Americans cited threat of terrorism as the most important problem confronting the nation
o Republicans out number democratic 2-1 in agreeing terrorist were highly capable of launching an attack,
over 80% worried about the rise of Islamist extremism and most reported negative views of U anti-
terrorist efforts
o Older Americans (53%) voted for Trump expressed more concerns about terrorism than their younger
counterparts
- North America has little attacks in comparison to Middle-East and Europe
- Apart from 9/11 only 7 official terrorist incidents in the US between 1970-2016
o Bombing at La Guardia Airport in 75 killed 11 and injured 74
o Oklahoma Bombing gin 95 of Alfred P Murrah Federal Building killing 168
o West Fertilizer Company bombing in Texas killing 15 and injuring 160
- Lone world actors arranged 4 other mass killing designated as terrorism within the last decade
o 1) gunman killed 13 and injured 30 at Fort Hood in 2009
o 2) Naval Sea System Command attack in Washington in 2013 that left 12 people dead
o 3) San Bernardino shooting by a couple that claimed 14 lives and 22 injured in 2015
o 4) 2016 Orlando nightclub shooting killed 49 and wounding 53
- Several ass killigs haet et the legal defiitio of teois
o FBI defies teois as ats dageous to hua life that iolate fedeal o state la ad appea
intended i) to intimidate or force a civilian population, ii) influence the policy of a government by
intimidation or coercion or iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination
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▪ Hee, “tephe Paddoks killig i Vegas is NOT teois o ee a hate ie
▪ Indiscriminate violence does not count as terrorism
▪ Ke fatos i peseutig ases as ats of teois iole idetifig the peps oe oties
- Greenwald explain individual who perpetrate such violence while suffering from mental illness, social alienation
o othe fos of iteal istailit dot ualif as teois
o For instance, the 2013 Aurora movie theater shooting, Columbine, Virginia Tech
o Montreal Ecole shooting killing 14 women is difficult to analyze
o Ma Lepie epessed lea politial oties i a suiide ote hee he oplaied that feiist
ruined his life – planned in advance and targeted women intentionally and indiscriminately which
corresponds with the definition
o People da poles steig fo ause dot out as teoists
- The Global Terrorism Index classified a number of 14,000 incidents in 2014 that produced 32,685 deaths as
terrorist attacks
o 2016 saw a reduction of 22% since 2014 peak
o Mass number of attacks are concentrated in 5 countries
▪ Iraq
▪ Afghanistan
▪ Nigeria
▪ Pakistan
▪ Syria
- Confirmed Terrorist Attacks worldwide from 1970 to 2016
o Rose gradually over the 70s and 80s peaking in 1992 with more than 4,000 attacks
o 2011 rates rose dramatically in high conflict areas or civil war zones
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