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Originally posted by gloveshot3
perhaps I misunderstand the motives of people who feel that the only way for themselves to fell fulfilled is to deprive others of life, and to divert the worlds resources (which could clothe, feed and educate) into military operations, destruction of life and beauty, and hatred. maybe i'm the one who is fucked-in-the-head
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Don't get all rankled. I'm not defending them at all. I agree that suicide bombers rank up there with racism, genocide, and organized religion as the worst things humanity has ever produced (in the middle east, all four seem to go together quite often). I'm just explaining what their rationale is.
As a product of the western world, raised either as a Christian or with no religious background, with our most basic needs reasonably well taken care of, and a decent selection of luxuries (If you have a car, a job, and internet access, you have three things that 70% of the rest of the world can't say they have), it is very difficult for us, in fact, trying to should (and rightly so) sicken us, to put ourselves in the mindset that a suicide bomber has. This is a person who has been raised in much poorer conditions than we have. They have little to nothing to live for in this world. They get promised a much better life with (insert stupid number here) virgins waiting for them in heaven, all they have to do is blow themself up on a bus. The Hamas leader who sends them out knows THEY won't personally have to provide the virgins or trip to heaven, in fact they themselves probably are conviced it's bullshit. But they know they have a seemingly endless supply of uneducated, religious zealots who want that chance at heaven. They know that suicide bombers genuinely terrify Israelis and horrify the western world as they grab headlines. And that's basically what they're looking for. They've succeeded, we're discussing them here in our much better world. A problem that genuinely doesn't have to concern us at all is now a major topic that the US and Europe are intricately involved in.
I'm surprised that I have to say this, but IN NO WAY DO I OR ANY SANE PERSON condone suicide bombers. But you wanted the explanation, there it is.
-Mikey