RE: Terror-ism.

"I think that the Department of Homeland Security partially only arrested this person to calm the public and assure the people that they were safe even after 9/11." -Andrew Fan

I also agree on your opinion about calming the public after a terrorist attack. For one, the attack on September 11th has caused a tremendous amount of panic on the topic of terrorism. People were afraid of another possible bombing that might've occurred in the days after the attack. On the other hand, people had just lost their loved ones and were going through a really emotional phase. If not for the arrest on the "Dirty Bomb", panic would've escalated even further, causing irrational actions. The arrest gave a little bit of relief for the worrisome, and a feeling of justice for the ones that lost their friends or family.

However, there are other concerning problems to this case. First of all, why did he even send the letter stating that he had a bomb? It would be unwise and cause a lot of public disorder. If the reason I think of, for the threat, is true (causing public panic), then that shows that terrorism is ever increasing in and out of the US and that, is a bad situation for the country to be in.

I don't even know why terrorism is so widespread. Is it because it gets the message though? Well, the message gets through alright, but people rarely ever pay attention to what the terrorists want, it's always the acts that the terrorist goes through, that people pay attention to. I don't even remember what the 9/11 bombing was a result of. Something about a "holy war" on the US? Anyways, in my opinion, terrorism is not efficient. What IS efficient, is persuasion through peaceful means.

I would like to thank Andrew Phan for his post on 9/11, and encourage everyone to read his post in the highlighted text above. Leave any reactions/comments below!