terratogen wrote:
] oaknet wrote:
]
] ]
] ] What an interesting set of non sequiturs! My point was
] simple
] ] - anger drives people to insane, appalling extremes - this
] man
] ] and his "tank", 9/11, Palestinian suicide bombers. But you
] ] call it "cool". How quaint.
] ]
] ] The suicide tank, you say, was "pretty cool", despite the
] loss
] ] of life (yes, the life of the man who made it - or doesn't
] he
] ] "count"?) What age are you to think that his insane,
] suicidal
] ] stunt was anything more than a miserable example of anger
] let
] ] loose? Dead men are "cool"? What is your measure of human
] life
] ] - toy soldiers?
]
] Actually, religion and politics plays somewhat of a larger
] role than meerly Just anger in the case Palestinian suicide
] bombers and Al Quadia networks. This guy was not on a jihad
] of any kind, he was plainly fucking nuts. "his insane,
] suicidal stunt was anything more than a miserable example of
] anger let loose?" That's pretty much all it was.
] Pretending it was something it wasn't makes no sense at all.
] Spilt milk is not international terrorism.
] His tank was cool and unique.
] As far as the loss of life , I personally don't see this guy
] as a victim (he did it himself, afterall) - If you apply your
] own idiotic analogy (9/11) to this case, I think its sort of
] interesting that you would count the terrorists among the
] "losses."

Oh, I see, he was "plainly fucking nuts". Well, that's easy. Thanks. The guy spends weeks planning and preparing an insane suicide attack on his neighbours, but what the hell - "nuts" will do. Keeps him contained, huh? Nothing to do with you.

Religion can be used by anyone to rationalise anger. Also, yes, I DO include the terrorists among the "losses". Dehumanise your enemy and you're half-way to concentration camps. Oh hang on, you already are ...

No matter how despicable their actions, they too were human and died for something they believed in. By connecting with that (not agreeing with it) there is hope that we can find our way out of the mess, see what brought it about, defuse the anger - or would you rather buy in some more spades and dig further into the violence? Keep it simple, that's your motto, huh? ... keep the bombers flying. On both sides.

Anyone who thinks a suicide bulldozer is "cool and unique" is either spending too much time with their Tonka toys or is having a lot of trouble getting that all important hormone balance in check. But enough. We won't agree. Good luck.

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