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Originally Posted by aberkok
I am not looking to place blame. There is a difference between me flat out blaming the west on the attack, and me requesting that more people stop to examine their lifestyle and how it fits into the worldwide economics/food chain/politics which breeds such attacks. If you can't understand this difference, then perhaps I'm not making myself clear. If that's the case then I welcome any questions regarding my position.
Please don't infer that I would place any blame on a rape victim. I hope everyone here is mature and reasonable enough to see the leaps of logic that are being made to arrive at such an accusation.
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I don't see the difference whatsoever, as I brought up the comparison earlier. What you just said would be the equivalent of telling a woman who was raped "no I don't blame you, but maybe you should examine your lifestyle and dress and see how it fits into the sexual desires which breed such attacks".
You are blaming the west for having a desirable lifestyle. Their gov'ts better enable people to achieve a comfortable lifestyle than the generally more autocratic governments in the Middle East, yet somehow it's the fault of western nations that they are resented. Those oil-rich countries in the area could be using their wealth to improve the living conditions of the citizens, but instead they line the pockets of a few high placed individuals. Yet I'm supposed to be to blame for their poor life because I bought some CD's yesterday and ate out?
I personally find it somehow offensive how these horrendous attacks are being hijacked by some as a way to promote their hatred of western society, by making that society somehow to blame for these acts of terrorism. I just hope that if these people are ever the victims of a tragedy, they will face the same blame as the cause of their own misfortune.