REC280 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: George W. Bush, Dark Tourism, Risk It
21 May 2016
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Systematic terrorism is usually aimed at territorial autonomy, often with an additional political ideology (such as a socialist or one-party state), although the killing of political opponents in order to repress dissent is also a form of systematic terrorism. By contrast, random terrorism (as practiced by al-qaeda) is usually aimed at the destabilization or destruction of the existing political, religious or ideological order, and seeks maximum destruction in terms of killing and property damage. The combination of anger, revulsion, fear and despair eventually obliges the state to concede some or all of the demands of the terrorists. Tourists are usually both innocent and vulnerable & in some countries, they also represent mobility, affluence and consumption, which may be perceived as corrupt and immoral. There are also cases where acts of terror are committed by agents provocateur, in order to justify further repression, or reflect internal power struggles within the elite, rather than against it.
