On 05/03/2011 11:48 AM, Levi Pearson wrote: > The problem with terrorists is that they know this already. You fall > back to terrorist tactics when other avenues seem hopeless, and your > only hope is to do enough damage to make a difference before they get > you.
Very much agreed. Terrorism in general is not a religion or even cultural thing. It's an evil idea that comes about because of fear and hopelessness. > Killing bin Laden is not really a victory in the "war on terror" so > much as it is a necessary closure for the collective psyche of the > USA. It is probably too much to hope for that this will represent a > point where we can turn towards healing the animosity between Islam > and the West rather than making it grow further, but that is what I > would like to hope for, foolish as it probably is. Agreed. As an aside, it's interesting how most acts of terrorism (IRA, Basque, Tamil, etc) are not religious in nature at all, and certainly not islamic. Definitely political though. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
