POL208Y5 Chapter Notes -Bruce Hoffman, Guerrilla Warfare, Jargon
19 Nov 2013
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The term terrorism is one of those ambiguous terms, similar to words such as nice , which used to indicate silliness in 14th century; nowadays it means everything that is slightly positive (vague much?). Scholar bruce hoffman attempted in defining the word terrorism . Secondly, the term has different usage at variable time, notably terrorists do not associate themselves with the term terrorist , rather with terms like freedom , self-defense. Generally, it is a derogatory term and it is subjective, in that by calling someone else a terrorist you are attempting to convey others your own morale point of view. In addition, hoffman analyzed the definition provided by the group in. Nato (north atlantic subcommittee of terrorism), but it can only explain the terrorists" actions, neither of their ideology nor justifications were included; moreover it equates terrorism to high budget violence activities such as nagasaki incident. Hoffman then compared terrorism with military jargon, guerilla warfare, criminals, assassins and extremists.
