Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Baader- Meinhof Questions

1. They resolved to protesting through violence,.  This resulted in them resorting to kidnapping, bombings and robbing banks. 

2.  Right away when I saw them resort to bombing violence as a form a protest no I no longer sympathized with their cause.  They had a decent cause but when you start using violence in situations that dont call for it I no longer sympathize with you but will instead find you to be a terrorist which is exactly what they were.  Their violence only escalated as time went on making them less appealing as a group and really just making them terrorists.

3.  Andreas Baader was definitely a driving force in the group and really the reason the group escalated the way it did.  He took a violent approach straight from the beginning and I think if he wasn't a part of the group I believe the group would have taken a different approach in protesting.  I think people wanted follow just because he seemed like he was in charge and had a plan but really he was just committing terrorist acts.

4.  When we did the activity it was about half and half on both sides with a small minority.  As for my personal view I sided with violence in certain situations but if there was a peaceful approach I would obviously want that to be the first approach taken.

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