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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin"
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> > I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> > the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the
> > hopelessness a
Excellent start for understanding these guys. Your point about not
depersonalizing them is right on. With both sides tarring the other
with one-dimensional projections, I wish your perspective was more
common. Nice one.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
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> > I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> > the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the
> > hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual
circumstances, or
> >
I'll read it again, thanks.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
> wrote:
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> > > I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> > > the 'credit' it deserves when spawning te
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> > the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the
> > hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual circumstances,
> > or a
TorquiseB writes; snipped
> Well said, Jim. This is something that people who
> live in our time and were raised in the affluent
> West really don't understand. I've often thought
> that the best thing that could ever happen to
> America and Americans is to have some kind of
> "compassion draft," i
> I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the
> hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual circumstances, or
> a run of bad luck, such as most of us in the wealthy and powerful US
> might imagine.
Hey J
On Jul 18, 2006, at 11:02 AM, TurquoiseB wrote:--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the hopelessness and powerlessness borne of indiv
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> I don't think you are giving the hopelessness and impotence
> the 'credit' it deserves when spawning terrorism. It is not the
> hopelessness and powerlessness borne of individual circumstances, or
> a run of bad
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam"
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> --- curtisdeltablues wrote:
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> > I agree with your point that blending crazy
> > beliefs and explosives takes the whole discussion out of the
> > theoretical and into the world of "holy shit!
> >
> > --- Dav
On Jul 17, 2006, at 10:46 PM, curtisdeltablues wrote:I have no real answers but I do know that explanations of poverty and powerlessness may not hold up. The suicidal terrorists we know about best were mostly privileged. One necessary component is a belief in an afterlife that rewards such beha
On Jul 17, 2006, at 9:53 PM, Patrick Gillam wrote:--- curtisdeltablues wrote: I agree with your point that blending crazy beliefs and explosives takes the whole discussion out of the theoretical and into the world of "holy shit! --- Dave" wrote: with people strapping on bombs and blowing th
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
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> --- curtisdeltablues wrote:
> >
> > I agree with your point that blending crazy
> > beliefs and explosives takes the whole discussion out of the
> > theoretical and into the world of "holy shit!
> >
> > --- Dav
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> --- curtisdeltablues wrote:
> >
> > I agree with your point that blending crazy
> > beliefs and explosives takes the whole discussion out of the
> > theoretical and into the world of "holy shit!
> >
> > --- Dav
I have no real answers but I do know that explanations of poverty and
powerlessness may not hold up. The suicidal terrorists we know about
best were mostly privileged. One necessary component is a belief in
an afterlife that rewards such behavior. That is Sam Harris's
particular beef with Islam.
--- curtisdeltablues wrote:
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> I agree with your point that blending crazy
> beliefs and explosives takes the whole discussion out of the
> theoretical and into the world of "holy shit!
>
> --- Dave" wrote:
> >
> > with people strapping on bombs and blowing
> > themselves up in coffee houses b
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