Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
If there's something I've learned about most pilots is that they are completely clueless on Middle Eastern studies.
Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
Who said sane people commit mass murder? The Paris attackers had many loose screws. Any person that can just indiscriminately kill other human beings clearly has screws loose in the head and no respect for human life. I question the sanity of these shooters. They aren't wired like the rest of mankind, no matter which sky fairy you end up worshipping.
I have a great deal of empathy for the young Quran believers, following in the path of their prophet and seeking to please Allah. I think they are totally sane. They are wired like any other human, but the software loaded in their heads is much different than someone who has studied in the Western liberal tradition. Given what little experience they have of the world, considering what mental furniture they are working with, and comparing them to some of the misguided rubes (of comparable age) who are students on US campuses, I feel more a sense of loss at what could have been than anger at them personally. This isn't about mass insanity, this is about people with a strong belief system (and a long heritage of that system's dominance from Spain to the Philippines) acting on their beliefs. You can call it crazy all you want, but I think you should stare at the problem a little longer before writing them off as lunatics.