<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 150%; line-height: 116%;"><span style="color: #FFBF00">Ernest Glen Stevens</span></span></div><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #FFBF00">Professor Stevens</span></div><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="postlink" href="http://i1343.photobucket.com/albums/o793/Galvin_Fugazi/0b949cc1-f3e3-4b2b-9453-c391a496997f_zps8c4edb79.jpg">[ img ]</a></div><br/><br/>Ernest couldn't help the grin that crossed his face. It seemed their worlds were very different indeed, and it made him glad. He would have hated to learn that they were nearly the same.<span style="color: #FFBF00"> "Ah, terrorist. I suppose you could call them rebels. They claim to have some beliefs that all should follow, so they try to implement their will on others. Some genuinely believe they are doing good, others just want power and to induce fear into others. It depends on the type of terrorist--they could be fighting for a number of reasons. They could be trying to spread their religion, gain power and have their own country, things like that. There is no one solid reason, though most tend to think it is all about religion and terrorists often use that as an excuse. I don't doubt that many of the terrorist are true to their reasons, but...it's still rather contradictory to the beliefs they claim to follow. As for who we elect to rule...Normal people, or supposed to be normal people, make promises to meet certain goals and such for the world and the world decides who they believe the most capable and who their goals and beliefs align with the most to get things done. Most of the time it is the rich who end up in these governing positions because they can afford to spread their name among the people. Occasionally, however, we do get a few people who are the same as most people who manage to become elected. For the most part, our people are free. There are laws we must follow, of course, but nothing too terribly restricting. Things like pay your taxes and don't kill people. Taxes help keep things like public education free and available to all, along with a lot of other benefits." </span><br/><br/>Ernest took a moment to breathe and to allow for Gleywine to digest his words. He hoped he had explained it well enough. He never realized how complicated his world was and how little he could actually explain to someone who had no foundation of knowledge. He had always taken his teaching position for granted, knowing that students came in with a certain amount of knowledge and he could work off of that. With Gleywine, he had to continue to go deeper and deeper, and it was difficult to explain as he realized how limited his own knowledge was. He knew the basics of it, but he could not explain to Gleywine why terrorists did the things they did. He could not explain why any would want to terrorize and hurt others in the name of some god or leader. It never had made sense to him.