DWill wrote:But I'm just saying that,when the context is events such as happened in France recently and in much worse fashion in Africa, it seems almost obscene to then refer to mitigating causes. That is not the time to talk about changing the climate, because it needs to be clear that not an ounce of leeway can be given to these men. That is brutal reality, and we also need total commitment from everyone to anathematizing what they and others have done, so it will be less likely to continue.
Hi Dwill. Thanks for starting this thread and discussion here. When we see the barbarity of these murders of school children and journalists there is really nothing that could mitigate such actions.
I suppose I'm thinking of what explains how they arrive at this point rather than mitigates these atrocities in any way.
There does seem to be tribalism involved as well in some cases between Sunni and Shiite Muslims for example. I watched some footage of I.S. fanatics roadblocking truckers in Iraq and interrogating them about how many times they kneeled during prayer to determine if they were Sunni or Shiite Muslims,and coldly shooting them when they failed this question.
The wrong religious belief is enough for these guys to kill others it appears.
Their grisly videos complete with music glorify these actions as somehow virtuous.It is truly mindboggling how the murders of schoolchildren could be conceived of in this way and is extremely warped to put it mildly.
Muslim clerics who condemn such actions take their lives in their hands and some have been murdered for doing that.
I listened to an interview with the B.B.C. foreign correspondent John Simpson. Groups like I.S. simply will not be allowed to succeed. Whatever the politics of these things they are likely to be crushed militarily in the long run.
its just dam funny!
