Acts of terrorism have brought pain, sorrow, fear, and insecurity to our country. Terrorism will never be stopped it can only be slowed. Is the U.S. Government doing enough to help stop terrorism? And how much is too much in helping to prevent terrorism? These are two important questions with differing opinions from everyone. Terrorism prevention is essential but how much should the government do to try and stop it. People want to be safe, but how many freedoms do they want to lose in order to be safe? The government does lots to prevent and gain insight of acts of terrorism to come but sometimes that requires us to give up certain freedoms that we normally take for granted.
The Merriam-Webster defines terrorism as the systematic use of terror especially as means of coercion. Terrorism affects and influences everyone's lives in one way or another, it alters businesses and their transactions, and it changes the entire country and how it runs. Terrorism cost us lots of money. We must pay to protect important public figures, vital institutions, the government itself and last but not least the citizens. It makes traveling a hassle. And it even affects how we live our every day life.
If you look back into history you will find that there has always been some form of terrorism. The word terrorism was first used in 1795. The word was born with the Reign of Terror, the use of the guillotine by the French revolutionaries to consolidate their regime by killing their enemies and intimidating the potential opposition. The Nazi's eventually started to call these tactics of the French "terrorism."" (www.eurunion.org/magazine/0110/p26.htm) From there soldiers from Britain would go around and destroy bridges, railroads and assassinate German officers. These people were called terrorists. Other nations and countries saw this and they started doing the same thing. They blew up hotels, ambushed troops, and at times would send innocent looking people into cafés, cinemas, and dance halls (www.
