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As I began to read I was a bit confused with how tyrannicide and terrorism were being explained and even compared. Even from the tittle, which is \u201cDistinguishing Classical Tyrannicide from Modern Terrorism. I immediately thought about the recent cases of terrorists we have seen today like the one in El Paso. But to my surprise, the article said nothing remotely close to what I thought terrorism was. So, I had to look up the definition of \u201cTyrannicide.\u201d Tyrannicide: <\/span>the killing of a tyrant. Then I had to look up the definition of a \u201cTyrant.\u201d Tyrant: a cruel and oppressive ruler.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As I continued reading I was intrigued by how the terms were being used. On page 396 it stated, \u201ctyrannicide and terrorist assassination are distinguished and linked together as antecedent and consequent in a historical chain of causality.\u201d This helped me understand how and in what context terrorism was being used. All in all, and like today I understood that people have and will always have different interpretations of words as they are identified in their environment and community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As I began to read I was a bit confused with how tyrannicide and terrorism were being explained and even compared. Even from the…<\/p>\n