I think its a very vague thing you are talking about. I mean do you differentiate between a person defending their family and home and blowing themselves up along with their attackers to save the others from a person who walks into a crowded market to blow themselves up and kill as many tourists as they can?
Are the kamikaze pilots different from the bali bombers? For example.
While not condoning ANY kind of violence, I think an eye for an eye is an old philosophy that some adhere to, and suicide to kill themselves along with their enemy is not a new tactic.....but a terrorist (who by definition targets innnocents to cause as much terror as possible) is something completely different, and even a staunch nationalistwould have a hard time justifying that kind of act.
I am very conflicted about this issue....as a Nationalist I love my country and family, and would make the ultimate sacrifice to ensure their safety if I ever had to (I think....though theory and practice are 2 different things)....but the suicide bombers on the news are a different breed altogether...I can't even fathom attacking civilians of even an enemy state.....so killing dozens of tourists or shoppers just to cause fear seems unimaginable....
I think most human conflic stems from humanity's inability to share....greed and materialism drive this zero sum game where we must have more and "others" less....wether tribal, city states, nations, etc... There will always be wars unless we all learn to share this planet with one another....perhaps its the Star Trek Geek in me speaking, but I dream of the day materialism and money are abolished and we as a species are united in a quest to expoler our universe and improve ourselves....ah the dream!
That's just my opinion...what do others think?
Stay safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
I think its a very vague thing you are talking about. I mean do you differentiate between a person defending their family and home and blowing themselves up along with their attackers to save the others from a person who walks into a crowded market to blow themselves up and kill as many tourists as they can?
Are the kamikaze pilots different from the bali bombers? For example.
While not condoning ANY kind of violence, I think an eye for an eye is an old philosophy that some adhere to, and suicide to kill themselves along with their enemy is not a new tactic.....but a terrorist (who by definition targets innnocents to cause as much terror as possible) is something completely different, and even a staunch nationalistwould have a hard time justifying that kind of act.
I am very conflicted about this issue....as a Nationalist I love my country and family, and would make the ultimate sacrifice to ensure their safety if I ever had to (I think....though theory and practice are 2 different things)....but the suicide bombers on the news are a different breed altogether...I can't even fathom attacking civilians of even an enemy state.....so killing dozens of tourists or shoppers just to cause fear seems unimaginable....
I think most human conflic stems from humanity's inability to share....greed and materialism drive this zero sum game where we must have more and "others" less....wether tribal, city states, nations, etc... There will always be wars unless we all learn to share this planet with one another....perhaps its the Star Trek Geek in me speaking, but I dream of the day materialism and money are abolished and we as a species are united in a quest to expoler our universe and improve ourselves....ah the dream!
That's just my opinion...what do others think?
Stay safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?