Question

Are recent legal and political measures beginning from the Patriot Act and to date are justified in our war on terrorism, or is it an unwarranted erosion of the Bill of Rights?

What are the differences between a "gang" and a "cult?"

What are the differences between terrorist groups and gangs or cults?

Answer 1

• A gang is a group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit. A cult is a religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader.
• Three ideas seem essential to the concept of a cult.
• 1. Thinking in terms of us versus them with total alienation from "them."
• 2. The intense, though often subtle, indoctrination techniques used to recruit and hold members.
• 3. The charismatic cult leader.
• A gang is a group of people who watch over and protect each other, they also get into trouble with the law, and fight other gangs if they come into there territory.
• A cult is a group of people who come together to worship one thing or other and they keep to themselves and what they believe.
• A terrorist organisation has specific political aims. A gang just wants to make money.
• Gangs do not have any moral scrupulous for the work they are doing while Terrorist organization make their believe that they are something doing which is moral.
• Cults tend to be more inward-looking; their identity crisis tends to be unique and not linked to a global ideology as seen with terrorists. Cults are more interested in changing and isolating themselves, whereas terrorist groups want to make drastic changes to society and will attempt to penetrate any given community.
• Cults can cause much harm to themselves, their families and in some rare cases the rest of society. Jihadis or terrorists, however, cause substantial harm to themselves, their families and society.
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