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Robert · 10-05-2006, 11:45 AM

Actually it covers terrorism back the first acts of terrorism, the phrase was orignally french to describe state terror. The course covers more then recent terrorism, it has started to cover the IRA, AUM (in Japan) and other groups. There is no said text book for the course, however the proffesor who designed the course has his doctorate with his thesis on Terrorism. The course is a GE course and not designed to provide carrer opportunities to students, but rather open their eyes to terrorism and the true routes; not what the last 10 years have shaped us to think of it as.

As for the US they have not declared a holy war on Muslims/Islam neither due they seek to be in constant conflict with them. YOu're focusing to heavily on the last 20 years of conflict, ignoring the last 200 years. In which the US prior to invading Iraq with a UN collolition did not step foot in the middle east.

Adding to this, the US sole purpose is not to remove Muslims from the face of the earth. However that is the goal of Islam, as all non-Islam states and individuals are infidels and need to be converted or removed. This is stated numerous times in the Koran.

Yes there have been mistakes, but you need to look at things in the whole context, not the last 20 years which is a huge recency bias.

Please reply with historical facts, not conjecture or irational opinions.

Side note on colleges - I suspect you dont have a course on terrorism due to the location and lack of cultural influences. I live in Toronto Canada which is the most multi-cultural city in north america. Kansas is far from multi-cultural. There are over 70 launages spoke in this city and cultures from over 100 countries in the world. I suspect this influences greatly the course content of GE courses and what is considered acceptable. I goto georgebrown.ca college in the heart of Toronto. I believe this is the difference.

10-05-2006, 11:45 AM	#72
Robert R-Tard Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 612	Actually it covers terrorism back the first acts of terrorism, the phrase was orignally french to describe state terror. The course covers more then recent terrorism, it has started to cover the IRA, AUM (in Japan) and other groups. There is no said text book for the course, however the proffesor who designed the course has his doctorate with his thesis on Terrorism. The course is a GE course and not designed to provide carrer opportunities to students, but rather open their eyes to terrorism and the true routes; not what the last 10 years have shaped us to think of it as. As for the US they have not declared a holy war on Muslims/Islam neither due they seek to be in constant conflict with them. YOu're focusing to heavily on the last 20 years of conflict, ignoring the last 200 years. In which the US prior to invading Iraq with a UN collolition did not step foot in the middle east. Adding to this, the US sole purpose is not to remove Muslims from the face of the earth. However that is the goal of Islam, as all non-Islam states and individuals are infidels and need to be converted or removed. This is stated numerous times in the Koran. Yes there have been mistakes, but you need to look at things in the whole context, not the last 20 years which is a huge recency bias. Please reply with historical facts, not conjecture or irational opinions. Side note on colleges - I suspect you dont have a course on terrorism due to the location and lack of cultural influences. I live in Toronto Canada which is the most multi-cultural city in north america. Kansas is far from multi-cultural. There are over 70 launages spoke in this city and cultures from over 100 countries in the world. I suspect this influences greatly the course content of GE courses and what is considered acceptable. I goto georgebrown.ca college in the heart of Toronto. I believe this is the difference. Last edited by Robert : 10-05-2006 at 11:50 AM.