injustice; if there were political and social justice, there would be no terrorism.
             4. The only known means of reducing the likelihood of terrorism is a reduction of the grievances, stresses and frustration underlying it.
             5. Terrorists are fanatical believers driven to despair by intolerable conditions. They are poor and their inspiration is deeply ideological.
             6. Terrorism can occur anywhere."
             Despite the simplicity and broadness of these statements, it is only characteristic of terrorism as an ideology to go against its own ideals and to violate the established norms, as terrorism is defined by anonymity. Therefore, the analyses which follow are challenges to these generalizations on terrorism which are not only representative of their author's view, but also of the opinion of many people. The notion of terrorism as a response to injustice, terrorism and political violence, and terrorism and mass support will all be looked upon, because we as a society are obliged to deal with terrorism as a phenomenon, to not unconditionally reject it and if not to resolve it, at the very least, understand it.
             Terrorist movements are often constituted as uprisings of the masses. It is frequently believed that terrorism is simply the basis of any revolutionary activities, and that terrorist engagements will eventually progress into widely supported revolutions or rebellions. This could not be more untrue and remains a fatal flaw of terrorism. Allegations such as these have lead to further generalizations and have paved the way for terrorism to be mutilated into a fictional conviction. In Goebbels' mind, terror began on the "streets," because this was the place in which policy was made. And once the conquest of the street was complete, through uses of terror, it directly implied that the masses had been won over. And through the masses, the st
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