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The_Jazz · 11-09-2010, 05:28 AM

The much more interesting question, for me, is how he went from "moderate" to "nut case". For the record, I think there's no chance that Alwaki sudden developed a mental illness or that one suddenly revealed itself.

The human condition is that we hate "other". It might as well be tattooed on all of us at birth. We all feel good about hating the Nazis, but they were people too. But they were "bad", so it's all ok. The same with the Belgians in the Congo, the US Army in the Plains, the Soviets in Ukraine, the Vikings raids, the Rape of Manchuria, the reconquest of Spain.... The Nazis just had better PR and a more obvious case of "evil things".

So somehow Americans, in Alwaki's mind, have gone from "tolerable" to "bad". What caused that move?

This isn't madness. This isn't some mental deficiency. This isn't even that he got whacked in the head by a board, Three Stooges-style, and woke up hating Americans. Things have happened. There's a reason for this.

In other words, what have we done to deserve it? And I'll bet that he has some pretty good fucking reasons.

There's no such thing as "good guys and bad guys". I think that it's very interesting how many folks have assumed that Alwaki's gone crazy.

11-09-2010, 05:28 AM	#16 (permalink)
The_Jazz Asshole Administrator Location: Chicago	The much more interesting question, for me, is how he went from "moderate" to "nut case". For the record, I think there's no chance that Alwaki sudden developed a mental illness or that one suddenly revealed itself. The human condition is that we hate "other". It might as well be tattooed on all of us at birth. We all feel good about hating the Nazis, but they were people too. But they were "bad", so it's all ok. The same with the Belgians in the Congo, the US Army in the Plains, the Soviets in Ukraine, the Vikings raids, the Rape of Manchuria, the reconquest of Spain.... The Nazis just had better PR and a more obvious case of "evil things". So somehow Americans, in Alwaki's mind, have gone from "tolerable" to "bad". What caused that move? This isn't madness. This isn't some mental deficiency. This isn't even that he got whacked in the head by a board, Three Stooges-style, and woke up hating Americans. Things have happened. There's a reason for this. In other words, what have we done to deserve it? And I'll bet that he has some pretty good fucking reasons. There's no such thing as "good guys and bad guys". I think that it's very interesting how many folks have assumed that Alwaki's gone crazy. __________________ "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - B. Franklin "There ought to be limits to freedom." - George W. Bush "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo Last edited by The_Jazz; 11-09-2010 at 05:31 AM..