Just when you think you have met the most rudest, obnoxious person in the world, another one pops up out of nowhere and makes the former one look like Mr Rogers. I think this new person is Idi Amine’s clone!
Tonight in our World Conflict class, a new student I believe, either that or he/she hasn’t attended the first two weeks of class.
At any rate, this person, (I say person because I don’t know whether it is a female or not) right off the back started being a bitch… to everyone... including Eric, the prime prick of the class. This one has to be female because it is definitely a cunt!
Now I don’t usually like to use that word and will normally just say “the ‘c’ word” when referring to it. However, this person was so nasty tonight it deserved being called one outright.
I have really been doing good keeping my patience at a good medium (most of the time). Not letting anyone get to me and being “adult” in the class so as to not stir the water. But whoa it’s going to be tough the remainder of this term to keep my fingers from flying off the keyboard.
However, I have devised a plan… I am not going to respond in haste, no matter how much I want to rip someone’s head off... I will chew lots of gum (since I don’t smoke it seems like a good choice)... and count to 10 about a million times before I do reply… maybe beat up a pillow or two… Hey... where's my ex when I need him *smiles*LOL when our instructor said this class can really cause great divisions and people end up hating each other... he wasn’t kidding!!
Ok I’m calm… I really am!... Boy this is going to be fun *EG*
Well, we are already heading into week three. I can’t believe how fast these classes seem to be going. They are very interesting, challenging and fun! This week in my first class we (team Alpha) had to debate for “religious terrorism”, team Bravo had to debate for “Secular terrorism”. Its interesting how even in these discussions you can get so caught up in the moment. I got a 95 on this week’s application project on the IRA... And a 97 on last weeks doing a seminar speech on terrorism…. whooo hoooo My Investigating terrorism class was a bit boring. Not real bad but no real discussion. Everyone answered the questions but never led into any other discussion. One female though did try to start a bitch fight with me, though its not technically allowed in the “school” setting, I answered back very reasonably which I never got a reply. Don’t know if I got anywhere with it or she got completely whipped she couldn’t reply. Hmmm. Still have not gotten any grades back on my quizzes for this class. We have been having some technical problems with this class and some things are posting and others not... so in time I guess. And in my favorite of these classes, World Conflict, its like there isn’t enough time for it. I want to spend more time in discussions/debate in there. I can’t believe there are so many closed minded people out there that no matter how much you show them fact after fact they still can’t see it. One female in there is so thick that I felt like I maybe if I spell it out like... T H E R E _ W E R E _ N O _ W M D ‘S _ F O U N D _ I N _ I R A Q…
But i didn't, however I tried to explain it, using the simplest language I could, she then said "well then what are all those people blowing other people up with" *Throws hands in the air* hehehe… Ok Blondie wake up… get the fluff out of your head… let me get out the felt board … *sigh* And you know what… what concerns me is, she’s a prison guard... *worried look*Got an 80 on my first quiz and a 90 on my second quiz… so you know I’m grinning *cheesy grin*… *does the butt shuffle dance* Anyway, its fun and I love these classes, I love the teachers! Finally instructors who aren’t stuck in the seventies anti-conservative tree hugging liberals… I am thinking again of changing my mind on what I will go into after I finish at this school. I may go into criminalistics or investigating terrorist crime scene. Still forensic psychology sounds good as it covers both pretty well. Well until next time….
Well, school is back in session after 11 days of rest... riiiight.
Im excited about this term as they all deal with terrorism. This subject has been an increasing interest to me for quite a while now, before the events of 9/11 but more so since then and especially now with more recent terror attacks in London last week.
The first class Im taking is being taught by retired brigadier General Fred "Nick" Halley who has much experience in investigating terrorism. My second class I am happy to say is with an instructor that I got on well with in another Criminal Justice class Criminal Investigations. This class continues in the field of investigations of terrorism. And my third class is on World Conflict. All very similar but different in a way. I hope I can come up with enough ideas for my project thesis for each class.
What I found interesting in my second class, investigating terrorism, is the amount of people who are so short sited when it comes to terrorism and who terrorist are. One of our discussion questions this week is to name "one" major terrorist group. Some named the obvious Osama Bin Laden and Al Qaeda, however the majority went for white supremacy groups from Hitler in WWII to modern Nazi organizations and white supremacy groups like the KKK, Aryan Nations, National alliance, WAR, Church of the Creator and NSDAP.Its like people have tunnel vision and refuse to see that terrorism and racial organizations are not just Muslim or White! They forget about the Nation of Islam, Jewish Defense League, IRA, PLO, PKK,... I mean the list goes on and on, with every nationality, race, religion and belief from animal rights, eco-terrorist and anti-abortionists!
Where were these peoples minds when the IRA set off car bombs killing and mutilating those marching and horses in England, shoppers during Christmas and commuters going to and coming home from work? Why didn't they comprehend the murderous slaughters of Kurds in Iraq, or white farmers in Zimbabwe? These people used acts of terrorism against groups of people they didn't want around. But no one ever "talks" about those atrocities or acts of terrorism.
We all define terrorism they way we believe. The way our own governments and religious leaders want us to see it. One mans act of rebellion is another mans act of terrorism. A war to one government is seen as a terrorist attack by the country being attacked.Some day perhaps we will be able to have a specific definition of terrorist or terrorism. But we need to focus on why people will go to such lengths to commit such horrible atrocities against innocent people.
One writer, Simon Jenkins of Times Online UK put it in a way that I strongly agree, "A wise general keeps sight of his enemy's objective. The terrorist's objective is not to kill but, by doing so, to publicise a cause and incite a violent and repressive response. Blair said on Thursday that "the purpose of the terrorist is to terrorise". True. But why then the stomach-churning media hyperbole that surrounds these incidents? It is one thing to report, another to wallow in grief pornography as if the bomb itself were a celebrity. Such massive publicity feeds terror's first objective and incites its second" (Jenkins, 2005).
Think about it....
