them. And, as we saw at Columbine High, the outsider's anger at being excluded from their society often takes a dangerous turn.” (“Lisson”)Children lose their innocence much due the fact that they are being exposed to sex and violence at a much earlier age. Television, the Internet, and video games easily manipulate the mind of a child. And teenagers can be cruel, even the students of Brooklyn Tech. One can occasionally witness fights and gang initiations in high schools. Almost anyone with Internet access can read the Anarchist's Cookbook, written by William Powell, and published in 1971. “The original written text provides both a historical overview of Anarchy, Marxism and Terrorism, detailed step by step instructions on how to classify and use drugs, and how to terrorize using both firearms and chemical weapons.” (“Lisson”)Stephan H. Leader is a security analyst and assistant programmer who tried to define the purpose of terrorism. “For many years, to paraphrase terrorism expert Brian Jenkins, most international terrorists wanted a lot of people watching--not a lot of people dead. They wanted publicity for their causes and used hijackings and bombings to manipulate the American political system and other target governments to further their various agendas.Evidence increasingly suggests that religiously motivated terrorists are much less interested in drawing attention to themselves and their cause and more interested in punishing adversaries by killing large numbers of people. Many recent incidents seem to underline this trend: the World Trade Center and Oklahoma City bombings; the 1992 and 1994 Buenos Aires bombings of the Israeli Embassy and the Jewish Community Center, respectively; various suicide bombings in Israel; and car bombings in Algeria all seem to be characterized by an apparent desire to kill large numbers of people.” (“The Rise of Terrorism”)The Causes ...
