“Technically speaking, since our complex societies are highly susceptible to interferences and accidents,they certainly offer ideal opportunities for a prompt disruption of normal activities. These disruptions can, with minimum expense, have considerably destructive consequences. Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.” OpportunityGoalOffersActivityNormalConsequenceIdealsComplexesExtremesTerrorismAccidentsVulnerabilityDestructiveExpensesRealisticCynicalExploitationMinimumInterferenceDisruptionPromptsSusceptibleComplex SystemsRealistic Goals Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.” GoalComplexesExtremesTerrorismVulnerabilityRealisticCynicalExploitationComplex SystemsRealistic Goals Author:Jurgen Habermas
“I consider Bush's decision to call for a war against terrorism a serious mistake. He is elevating these criminals to the status of war enemies, and one cannot lead a war against a network if the term war is to retain any definite meaning.” IfsWarTermDecisionMistakeEnemySeriousTerrorismCriminalsDefiniteElevatingSerious Mistakes Author:Jurgen Habermas
“Historically, terrorism falls in a category different from crimes that concern a criminal court judge.” DifferentFallCrimeJudgingConcernCourtTerrorismCriminalsCategoriesAnti TerrorismCourt Judges Author:Jurgen Habermas
“The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order.” GovernmentMightAbleTogetherLawOrderInternationalTerrorismCleverTransitionFragileCoalitionsInternational LawCounter Terrorism Author:Jurgen Habermas
“The uncertainty of the danger belongs to the essence of terrorism.” DangerEssenceTerrorismUncertaintyTranscendentalism Author:Jurgen Habermas
