Is The Peace After Paris?

Fear has a certain power over people; it can control them and what they do. In the epic, Beowulf, Grendel carried a fear over the people of Herot; the fear that had kept them from their hall because they feared that Grendel would kill them. In today’s society, the fear of terrorism is similar. Many people fear that someday someone will come and take their life and others that they care about. In Beowulf, people stayed isolated from the hall, but now American people cannot just avoid prominent places that have been attacked. American people have to continue their lives and their day-to-day activities. Soldiers, police, and firefighters are like today’s society Beowulf. The King of the Geats came to Herot and gave people a sense of relief that they would not have to worry about Grendel anymore. Beowulf traveled to

Our job is not to Christianize government, it to be of service. We have already won as Christians but we are to engage at every level with confidence and peace. To step up to the plate and do what we have to

In this TED talk video, the necessity of it is because in general public it is told to ignore fear instead of using it as a tool in life, which prompts us for not being well prepared with having something going on all around us. Additionally, our disposition to accept control and we compose more clear however nonsensical worries as opposed to the more honest yet sensible ones. Karen Thompson Walker uses cases of fear to portray this from standard society today, including critical instances of affairs the world appearances, for instance, moderate ecological change and coronary ailment, getting her point across to her group that she has identified as her audience, which is 21st century Americans.

On the evening of Friday, 13 November 2015, a massacre including of public mass shootings and suicide bombings occurred in the capital of France, Paris. The attackers killed 130 people and wounded 368 serious injuries. Just 10 months previous, on January 7, 2015 two terrorists attacked Charlie Hebdo, an office of a Parisian satirical magazine. They killed eleven and wounded eleven people. During the attacks in Paris, no one victim was armed. They didn’t have any chance to defense for themselves. When police arrived, it was too late to save the innocents. The world today is full of dangerous with terrorism, criminals, mass shootings, and so forth. We 're not safe from anything.

“...I was alone-terribly alone in a world without God and without man. Without love or mercy. I had ceased to be anything but ashes, yet I felt myself to be stronger than the Almighty, to whom my life had been tied for so long” (Weisel 65). The people in Syria are alone currently. There are many countries that are not accepting refugees into their premise. This creates a sense of loneliness for them. “And in spite of myself, a prayer formed inside me…” (Weisel 91). The dehumanization in Syria is caused by the fact that Syrians are a different religion; the religion of the cruel people who are killing innocent citizens (much like the Nazis in the Holocaust), and are all thought of as being terrorists. They are mentally forced to question their own religion, because it is what is causing them to be blamed for the death of thousands of people. “The Syrians have lost their faith. In other wars, people have lost everything but their faith. Not this war. This war, the Syrians are asking us, ‘Is God still there?’ For them, God doesn’t exist anymore. It is something new we are facing” (Patterson). The fact that innocent people are questioning a belief that has helped shape who they are and made them better people is dehumanization from the fascist leaders controlling

Immigration laws have resulted in a situation where many illegal immigrants live and work in the United States. Yet, it is an important issue that has been blown out of proportion by the media and politicians. Here in the United States, Syrian refugees have enriched our cultural growth into a more diverse and positive outcome and have enhanced our influence in the World. However, Americans have responded to their arrival with violence and hate towards them.

Walter Kirn, an American novelist and literary critic, stated that ‘‘Everyone loves a witch hunt as long as it’s someone else’s witch being hunted.’’ (Web. Walter Kirn Quote) Although the Salem Witch Trials took place over 300 years ago, in 1692, and we claim that we have come a long way since then, the truth is we have not. The hysteria that took place during the witch trials occurred because people refused to take responsibility for their actions. The same thing is happening in modern day America due to a 4 year long civil war, in Syria, and a mounting war on terrorism, in the United States. Syrians are fleeing their country because of the impending civil war, of 4 years, between those loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and those who oppose him, the rebels. Accepting refugees from war torn countries has always been something the United States has done, even if it caused some controversy. However, there has never been more controversy on whether or not to accept refugees from Syria. This is because of the terrorist groups in Syria who have continued to execute fatal attacks on Westernized countries, specifically the United States. A number of U.S. citizens do not want to accept Syrian refugees for fear that some refugees could pose potential threats or have relations with the terrorist group, ISIS.

("Persecution of Christians in the contemporary world.") Young children are being kidnapped from Christian families in the Middle Eastern countries to be raised as Muslims. Children that have well enough memories to still believe their faith are put with their families and most likely killed. ( "Persecution of Christians in the contemporary world.") A recent story tells of two dozen Iraqi Christian refugees who escaped from the Middle East and across the U.S. borders. After coming into the U.S., they were refused any shelter or food; debates are being held if the refugees should be removed or not. The debate is held for the reason that there is not enough room for twenty-four people, but there is for ten-thousand Syrian

was founded by immigrants and, with the exception of indigenous people, every person living in the U.S. is an immigrant or a descendant of an immigrant” (Dakwar 50). Knowing what people know about the origins of America, not allowing Muslim people or Syrians as a whole to take refuge makes Americans the hypocrisy of society. “Discriminating so overtly by religion, barring 1.6 billion people from entering the country, would be inconsistent with America’s rejection of religious discrimination and place the United States firmly outside international law, putting it in conflict with the founding charter of the United Nations and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights” (Abramsky 72). By not allowing the same thing to happen that founded the country they live in, Americans are effectively tearing down the system and the beliefs that they created. Dakwar reasonably and accurately states the product of the demise of this system, “Yet every new wave of immigrants has faced fear and hostility, especially during times of economic hardship, political turmoil, or war” (50). Not only is there a general message showing through that clearly represents the negative effects that can come of beliefs and taking action based on these principles, there are also specific examples of disasters that came about from similar situations. If anything, society should take something from history and learn from it, as that’s the only way to

The British had suffered battles with India and West Indies, and Lord North’s ministry collapsed with a Whig ministry to replace it.

Many parallels exist between the events of Kristallnacht, the voyage of the S.S. Saint Louis, and the Syrian refugee crisis. First of all, in all of the events the people in need are turned down by other countries. In the past, during the times of Kristallnacht and the S.S. St. Louis, 32 countries gathered to talk about these events, but only one country, the Dominican Republic, offered to take in many refugees. During the presidential debates this year, one Republican candidate, Chris Christie, said that he would be opposed the letting Syrian refugees settle in our country. Also, in both instances, people were were and are used as scapegoats. Currently, Syrian Muslims are used as scapegoats for all the terrorism are fighting happening in the

With the recent terrorist attack in Paris, France the topic of terrorism may be a very touchy subject. Especially in the view that what the terrorists did could be considered to not be wrong. These terrorist attacks have affected me more than I ever thought possible and though it it very unfortuante what happened, I have allowed myself to understand ways in which these attacks may not have been so wrong. My first instincts regarding this topic was that there is no possible way anyone could convince me that terrorism is anything but wrong, but somehow my opinion has been mildly swayed. Considering how much death and pain results from terrorism, it is hard to believe that anyone could feel anything but negative attitudes

The Fox News article “Paris attacks drive home harsh realities of extremism for US police and civilians alike,” addresses the aftermath of potential danger that could ensue because of the attacks in Paris, where a series of shootings and bombings occurred in November of 2015 killing many civilians. The majority of the perpetrators of these attacks were born in France or elsewhere in Europe. The article states matter-of-factly that the attacks abroad assure that danger is imminent for the United States. It also makes a call for civilians to be aware and cognizant of imminent attacks. The blame for the violence is placed on terrorists who are painted exclusively as Muslim extremists. The article plays into the systemic discrimination against Arab people as well and is written in a fashion that places the United States as the focal, most important nation in the world in a problematic, Western world view.

The topic of mass shootings and terrorist attacks has been of particular attention to the American public this year. But the huge event that has truly shocked Americans was the November 13th attacks on Paris. In just a half hour gunmen and suicide bombers hit a concert hall, a major stadium, restaurants and bars, and left 130 people dead and almost four hundred wounded. The attacks on Paris monopolized the media, and soon no one found themselves ignorant of the events that occurred on that Friday the 13th. Immediately the world turned to France, and for the first time Americans were able to repay the French for their empathy shown after the tragedies on 9/11.

Our research question is “What happens to tourism in cities after being impacted by a terrorist attack?” Most tourists will seek safe and secure destinations when travelling which is why we hypothesize that they will avoid destinations impacted by terrorist attacks in the short-term. Terrorism can be defined as an act of targeted violence that appears to intimidate or coerce a sector of the population and/or a government’s policies to achieve political or social objectives inside or outside a territorial jurisdiction. The goal of terrorism is to psychologically disrupt possible targets and aim to increase public’s fear of terrorism to an illogical and overwhelming state of anxiety. In other words, the goal is for people to believe that anyone and everyone could be a victim at any moment. In a rational world there would be no impact on tourism after terrorist attacks (at least after the immediate danger is handled), however, we expect tourists to avoid such locations beyond this irrationally. Possible behavioural explanations for this avoidance include mortality salience, dread risk and overconfidence, base rate neglect and terror, and news coverage and the availability heuristic.