The only reason I drove my arguments in that direction was to address a obvious root cause for the problem in debate.
It is not my intention to bash any religion or their respectful followers. However it’s quite difficult not to mention it as the source of this religion is the same source of the problem in debate.
Let’s remove the religion from the discussion and I will demonstrate here why it’s not possible to continue closing our eyes to this root problem, in the name of PC.
To better illustrate my rational, let's consider for a moment that there is a particular Book "B" recognized by a group of people as the "divine policy for life". Within this policy, there are some passages that incite violence within a certain context and time.
Now let’s come back to the problem addressed in the OP which talks about some youngsters that are driven towards violence in the name of a cause perceived by them as vital;
Being this debate around the OP topic, it’s a natural rational process, to apply brainstorming to the issue and try to understand all the way with no limits, what drives these youngsters towards their violent acts. For that let’s align the events in a chronological order:
Now, remember this is an exercise with a Book “B” and should not be confused with any actual sacred script of any religion:
- There is a particular Book "B" recognized by a group of people as the "divine policy for life". Within this policy, there are some passages that incite violence within a certain context and time.
- Extremists are inspired in the text of that Book "B", which they consider divine and contains text that can be easily manipulated to recruit and brain wash followers and turn them against the non followers of Book “B”’s policy.
- youngsters feel lost in a limbo, between two distinct ways of life (their parents' original countries and the one they find themselves in);
- extremists find an opportunity in the heart of the western world, to spread with fear and terror their political agenda;
- youngsters are indoctrinated into an ideology that incites combat against those who don’t follow the concerned ideology;
- youngster commit violent acts in the name of that ideology;
Now that I presented my rational, I ask how can we tackle the problem, by closing our eyes to a root cause (the source of inspiration)?
Book “B”, like all the other scared scripts were written in different times and different contexts. Just like Book “B”, all the other similar Books contain text that can inspire good morals and values but also text that could inspire violence. The risk of human beings using these words towards their political agendas, is equal in all scared books.
I do acknowledge the sensitivity of the issue and the difficulty to carry on with the debate in a free and open mode, without touching sensitivities.
My intention here and I would believe the whole world’s, is not to suppress the religion in question, but to separate the religion from its extremist wing. To separate the conventional follower from the ones who uses it for political and terror agendas.
I believe this can only be done by those who practice the religion in question and that is why, I wrote above that the solution must come from within the concerned religion.
ex.ex.expat / tinkerbell10 / gadarene
The only reason I drove my arguments in that direction was to address a obvious root cause for the problem in debate.
It is not my intention to bash any religion or their respectful followers. However it’s quite difficult not to mention it as the source of this religion is the same source of the problem in debate.
Let’s remove the religion from the discussion and I will demonstrate here why it’s not possible to continue closing our eyes to this root problem, in the name of PC.
To better illustrate my rational, let's consider for a moment that there is a particular Book "B" recognized by a group of people as the "divine policy for life". Within this policy, there are some passages that incite violence within a certain context and time.
Now let’s come back to the problem addressed in the OP which talks about some youngsters that are driven towards violence in the name of a cause perceived by them as vital;
Being this debate around the OP topic, it’s a natural rational process, to apply brainstorming to the issue and try to understand all the way with no limits, what drives these youngsters towards their violent acts. For that let’s align the events in a chronological order:
Now, remember this is an exercise with a Book “B” and should not be confused with any actual sacred script of any religion:
- There is a particular Book "B" recognized by a group of people as the "divine policy for life". Within this policy, there are some passages that incite violence within a certain context and time.
- Extremists are inspired in the text of that Book "B", which they consider divine and contains text that can be easily manipulated to recruit and brain wash followers and turn them against the non followers of Book “B”’s policy.
- youngsters feel lost in a limbo, between two distinct ways of life (their parents' original countries and the one they find themselves in);
- extremists find an opportunity in the heart of the western world, to spread with fear and terror their political agenda;
- youngsters are indoctrinated into an ideology that incites combat against those who don’t follow the concerned ideology;
- youngster commit violent acts in the name of that ideology;
Now that I presented my rational, I ask how can we tackle the problem, by closing our eyes to a root cause (the source of inspiration)?
Book “B”, like all the other scared scripts were written in different times and different contexts. Just like Book “B”, all the other similar Books contain text that can inspire good morals and values but also text that could inspire violence. The risk of human beings using these words towards their political agendas, is equal in all scared books.
I do acknowledge the sensitivity of the issue and the difficulty to carry on with the debate in a free and open mode, without touching sensitivities.
My intention here and I would believe the whole world’s, is not to suppress the religion in question, but to separate the religion from its extremist wing. To separate the conventional follower from the ones who uses it for political and terror agendas.
I believe this can only be done by those who practice the religion in question and that is why, I wrote above that the solution must come from within the concerned religion.