POLI 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Retributive Justice
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The element of guilt that played into sympathy for paris. Europeans need to change their identities amidst the era of globalization. Terrorists are not necessarily poor and marginalized. We tend to see them as victims of the society whose psychology are distorted. They actually could be quite sound mentally, and not isolated by others. The perception of humiliation is the key to terrorist psychology. Does not matter if they are actually humiliated, as long as they see themselves as humiliated. Minds of teenagers work wonders, they might think being a terrorist is trendy. Older members guide them, and missions give them a purpose. French military might not be able to make its own decision regarding this attack. This could be used by isis to create a terrorist image for french. Attack on paris is about tactic and justice. Tactic: to recruit, to create hate for the muslims (to magnify the tension)
