WS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Fundamentalism, Unintended Consequences, Female Genital Mutilation
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Research paper due in a month from today: april 1. Drastically changed security regulations, new examinations at airport security. 2001: usa patriot act can eavesdrop or detain those suspected of terrorist activities. Need to have these systems in place to combat potential threat. Depending on public to report on suspicious activities. Once we have this perception of the other then we think we must report them . Mental health issues as opposed to terrorist attack. There"s gotta be something wrong with this person if they do something without mental health issues, then what"s happening to humanity! Black person does it, they should go to jail. Bush administration used taliban treatment of women as excuse for military intervention. What role did us play in creating taliban power in the first place. To deflect invasion, team up with pakistan, join with extremists to fight. Middle east using us-funded weapons from remnants of cold war.