Tuesday, July 19, 2005
THE MYRIAD OF "UNADDRESSED GRIEVANCES"
More from David Aaronovitch in the Times , on the London suicide bombers:
Not a chance. Where's the evidence for that utterly absurd, ridiculous argument? After all, consider this take, in a letter that appeared in the Independent, July 14:
Well, okay, that appears to provide some evidence.
Oh, incidentally, while we're on the subject of "cartoon villains":
Ted Rall's job may be in trouble. However, don't think it has anything to do with content. It's just that this Independent guy appears able at least to draw semi-decently. ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, July 19, 2005
More from David Aaronovitch in the Times , on the London suicide bombers:
. . . What seems obvious is that the explosive power of adolescent narcissism somehow met up with a detonating ideology. That ideology, I believe, was not Islam per se. Islam is too big, too decentralised, too diffuse, too open to millions of different interpretations to be blamed for the actions of a few men. Islam is only responsible insofar as it constructed — as most religions do — an idealised afterlife for these boys, who in reality have ended their existences as hated lumps of blood and bone.
Rather, I blame the ideology and the psychology of Grievance — the pleasurable, destructive business of imagining that “they” are being bad to “you”, and of therefore calculating every event on that basis. We call it “nursing” a grudge for a reason. . .
Rather, I blame the ideology and the psychology of Grievance — the pleasurable, destructive business of imagining that “they” are being bad to “you”, and of therefore calculating every event on that basis. We call it “nursing” a grudge for a reason. . .
Not a chance. Where's the evidence for that utterly absurd, ridiculous argument? After all, consider this take, in a letter that appeared in the Independent, July 14:
. . . Much as Tony Blair and George Bush would like to paint these terrorists as cartoon villains who are just full of hate and foaming at the mouth with no human traits, any reasonable person will know this is not the case. They have grievances, and grievances can be addressed and resolved.
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Well, okay, that appears to provide some evidence.
Oh, incidentally, while we're on the subject of "cartoon villains":
Ted Rall's job may be in trouble. However, don't think it has anything to do with content. It's just that this Independent guy appears able at least to draw semi-decently. ¶ by Robert, Tuesday, July 19, 2005
