Post #12: What Long-Term Impact Will the Terror Attacks at the Boston Marathon Have on Western Civilization?

I believe that the deadly Boston Marathon, which has collected a vast amount of news coverage over the past two weeks, will have a long lasting effect on society. First of all, whenever a horrific and violent event such as this one occurs, society is left fearful and paranoid, awaiting and expecting another attack. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, I believe that whenever people set out to kill others in their community, the rest of society looses faith in humanity. This lost faith in humanity may target and discriminate against those similar to the perpetrator of these events. Since the bombers in the Boston Marathon were Muslim I feel that this will further develop the harsh stereotype against their religion.  I hope that this event will lead to beneficial security changes in order to prevent another attack. I think this may also have an affect on security at sporting events, for instance, having to search bags thoroughly before entering the area in which events are occurring. Also, immigrant reform may be affected seeing as the perpetrators were not originally from the United States. Finally, the United States received warning from Russia prior to the attack which could have prevented this event from occurring, so perhaps, in the future, warnings will be taken more seriously and acted upon immediately.