Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Wed, Jul 12 2006
The true hopelessness of a terrorist
The terrorist activity on Mumbai's rail system reminds me that terrorists have no true wish to reform the world or make it a better place. Their agendas manifest as sad worlds in which their particular style of killing is endorsed by some clown of a god who would encourage some of his own created children to torture his other created children. Since these people could not possibly rationally expect anyone to be won over to their cause with such a scenario, it can only follow that they would do what they do no matter what the reactions might be. They simply enjoy it. Being too cowardly to admit that they're mean-spirited, they invent a holier-than-thou entitlement and hide behind it. When they get a negative response and further resistance to their tactics they opt to see themselves as persecuted righteous souls. They step up the violence and the cycle repeats itself with no satisfaction available to them except in the form of self-deception. It's a very dead-end sort of delusion and their lack of hope for a real, lasting utopia shows in their increasingly desperate acts.
posted at: 13:43 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
The terrorist activity on Mumbai's rail system reminds me that terrorists have no true wish to reform the world or make it a better place. Their agendas manifest as sad worlds in which their particular style of killing is endorsed by some clown of a god who would encourage some of his own created children to torture his other created children. Since these people could not possibly rationally expect anyone to be won over to their cause with such a scenario, it can only follow that they would do what they do no matter what the reactions might be. They simply enjoy it. Being too cowardly to admit that they're mean-spirited, they invent a holier-than-thou entitlement and hide behind it. When they get a negative response and further resistance to their tactics they opt to see themselves as persecuted righteous souls. They step up the violence and the cycle repeats itself with no satisfaction available to them except in the form of self-deception. It's a very dead-end sort of delusion and their lack of hope for a real, lasting utopia shows in their increasingly desperate acts.
posted at: 13:43 | category: /Religious and Spiritual | link to this entry
