Why do people do terrorisim?
343516
People are different in their thinking and they will express themselves in a positive and negative ways.Terrorism is no different and he or she will do what it take to make their message across.America is a land of freedom but we have outside and homegrown terror isms.The homegrown is dangerous as well as the outside terrorism.Most of the time people mixed politics with religions,and most of terrorism's are religion fanatics   \nand they will kill themselves for their belief especially in the name of their God......In America we do witness the Christian right when they protest for abortion and now we are seeing the terrorism outside the U.S. We the American need to let our lawmakers know that our foreign policy needs to be in the middle.No more selling weapons and push the Arabs fight the Jewish.American has to stand tall in justice otherwise we have to fight these terrorism until the day we die.
418547
I figure it this way, If you are the enemy to your enemy, You must be a Terrorist to the terrorist.\n\nOh and there is the fact that it scares them to think you might shoot back.  (Terrorist)
146725
Potential terrorists are not hanging around talking about how miserable their lives are and are making money for their families when economies are good.  When the economy stinks, people are hanging out and blaming people for their problems and then they get angry about it and sometimes people think that blowing themselves up might help someone else.
167594
What about those brave Iraqi solders and police, training to combat the terrorists?  These things take time, patience and understanding.  The radicals are killing their own people so that they (the terrorists) can be in charge.  They use fear and intimidation.  This is what needs to be fought against.
1142372
Terror is a mental state... I think Americans have lost it so they r perpetuating their deep-seated fears all over the world.  I tell you there is far greater humanity out here in third world despite all your wars and all the lunatics you have set lose here.  In terms of human quality people are any day better here than how you people come across over internet and through various other media.  Try it live in some country, mingle with the local population and you will feel the warmth.\n\nI agree there is poverty but we are certainly not mentally sick like you guys are.
1072218
terrorists are reactionists. retribution is the motive.
1022440
Terrorists come from all walks of life.  There are terrorists in every country of the world, including the United States.  They are motivated by religion, politics and cultural/socio-economic backgrounds.  Being that Islam is only the 3rd most popular religion in the world, your information is faulty at best and downright inflammatory and willfully hateful at the worst.
1046167
It is a terrorist activity, a warning that bad things will happen to you and your family. I do not know if it is still done but it is very bad.
482405
Is not considered but it is. You own people which you treat bad and beat them or even if you want you could kill them. That is terrorism because you are attacking people that do nothing against you.
1011175
Because that's what a terrorist is.  They do not care if they kill civilians or not.  They do not differentiate between the guilty and the innocent.  That is how they work.  They strike fear into others by killing indiscriminately.
1168772
They were born with all the phobia's and 'ism's.\n\nActually it is just a tool they use to put down people so they can sleep at night after they screw them. They have been doing it to the poor and the blacks for years!\n\nIt is called Rationalization!
224779
Usually these sort of irrational fears are misplaced anxiety and fears about something else that perhaps you do not want to face.  For example if when you were a child you were abused , when you were a kid your brain would protect you from the trauma by blocking it - putting in the 'back burner'.  However when you grow up, the fear  that was linked to the trauma would still be there and would bubble up to your awareness.    When we feel fear but we don't know why our brain would try to attach it to something so that we have some explanation and we don't go insane.   Your explanation is the zombies however you rationally know that zombies dint exist so the question is WHAT IS IT THAT YOU REALLY ARE AFRAID OF ?   it could be that you are afraid that someone close to you will die !   or you may have wished death for someone and you are afraid it may happen or you are afraid that you are not a nice person etc you get the idea !!   Its like anger ,,  if you are angry because your wife cheated on you 5 years ago but you have accepted her apologies and supposedly you forgave her  you will block it and then you will always be angry about the cracks on the pavement !!!!!!!   Every night before you got to bed ask your self loudly WHY AM I AFRAID ? \nnot what but WHY .    soon your brain will answer back . I know it sounds crazy but it aint.
1097218
^&^&^&\n\nThe aspect of terror and being terrorized.\nAlso the "bully" mentality on the terrorized
827420
You clearly don't understand the concept of terrorism, which is to terrorise the masses, not the people who have the CIA protection teams.\nYou are thinking of assassins.
997495
Some people go "psycho" because they don't know another way to express their emotions, or resolve their problem.\nSome people assume that if they appear to be "weak" that they should overcompensate for that by going "psycho".\nSome people use it as a means to intimidate others. If you fear the consequences of upsetting the "psycho", you'll try not to upset the psycho. Control.\nCould also be their reaction to feeling threatened.\nLots of reasons, I guess.
16903
Its because they know almost nothing about a group of people, people who don't understand people either try to understand people or choose the easier rout and simply hate them.  Mostly they don't want to understand these people because even before they know anything about these people, they feel threatened or scared.  Whether it be because the threat of lost jobs, terrorism, or something else.  Hate is just the easier path despite it not being the better one, and as for War its the larger scale of that hate.
280843
People tend to fear what they don't understand. Personally, I believe it is fear that is manifesting itself rather than hate.\n\nThat doesn't justify their actions which are often times displayed by hateful acts. Most have never seen our benevolent side. \n\nWith the onslaught of natural disasters, many of these people have witnessed first hand how quickly we, as a nation, have responded to their peril. \n\nI have read accounts of how these people were absolutely shocked that we would respond faster and with more resouces than their own government. They had previously thought we were a selfish nation... taking things that don't belong to us... forcing other to conform to our vision for their lives... They fear that they might become our next victim.\n\nThe answer is not Iraq as suggested above. There are way too many people here on Yahoo answers that want to be the first to answer a question and give no regard to it's accuracy. Their misinformation is a blithe on an otherwise great site. You deserve an answer not an opinion that isn't even backed up with the flemsiest of evidence. \n\nPardon my distain. Back to the topic...\n\nYour anticipated response would be, what can we do about it? How do we let them know that we want them to be happy, prosperous and free to enjoy life under their own terms? Well, there's not much an individual can accomplish on an international scale. \n\nTrue, there are some amazing people that have a calling it would appear and these people have proven how much good or bad one person can accomplish internationally. As for you and me, we need to take the time to examine our leaders. We need to look beyond party lines and select officials that represent our country for what it really is. A melting pot of ideas and people. A place where their way of life is acceptable as long as it doesn't infringe on another person's way of life. A nation that loves it's soldiers and can hardly bear the thought of placing them in harms way. And if we do send them into battle, there is no reasonable doubt that they are dying for a worthy cause. A cause that is international in scope rather than that of the privileged few that seem to have far too much control.\n\nWe must calm their fears.