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Sociological Ideas Of The Terrorist Attack In Tunisia

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Tunisian terrorist attack: On Wednesday March 18th 2015, 9 men who were wearing military uniforms stormed Tunisia's national museum shooting and killing 17 foreign tourist and two Tunisians. Also injuring about 50 other innocent people. in one of the worst militant attacks in a country.Two Tunisians, including one police officer involved in the security operation, five Japanese, four Italians, two Colombians, one national each from Australia, France, Spain and Poland, and two other victims who were not identified. (CNN news) Agency could be a big part of why people do the things they do. Agency’s definition is Capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own choices. Free will can be taken out of hands at times. People …show more content…

These savage minorities do not frighten us. We will fight them without mercy to our last breath.” This quote was said by Tunisia’s president after the attack the 9 terrorist committed on Wednesday. This current event could have been influenced by many terrorist attacks.One that came to mind was 9/11. Many innocent people were hurt and murdered in both cases. There was multiple people committing and planning out the attacks. Sociological perspectives/imagination represents this category well, because it makes you think on how these places and people are feeling right now, and what they are going through. The definition of Sociological perspectives/imagination is the ability to view the world through others eyes. Many people don’t understand and make it look easier than what it really is. They may have caught the terrorist, but lives are still lost and people are still hurt from the shooting. Al Jazeera point of view: Al Jazeera says that Tunisian authorities have arrested nine people from Wednesday's terrorist attack on tourists at a museum in Tunis, that killed at least 21 people and injured 47 others. Police officers were able to arrest 4 on the scene, and arrested the other five later on for having “ties to the …show more content…

They also state that there are still two more gunmen who have not been identified and there could still be more than just those few who helped planned this event. Mr. Essid claims that "It is a critical moment in our history, and a defining moment for our future.” I think Mr. Essid is trying to say that they will be more prepared in the future, but I do not think that is possible. I don’t think anyone is mentally prepared for terrorist attacks even if they try to be. I think interactionist perspectives is a good term to use in this case, because the definition is trying to Examine how individuals make sense of the social world in which they participate. The people of Tunisian and the places where the tourist were from are trying to cop and figure out how to react to what just happened on Wednesday. They said the attack did not come out of know where, but they didn't know exactly when the terrorist were going to hit them. Mr. Essid represents Social statics to me, because he is trying to hold the community and society together by staying positive and trying to fix the problems. Social statics is forces holding a society together, and I feel as if the force in this case is him and the rest of the crowd that is staying positive and helping each other out in this rough

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