There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
I think an Ottawa editorialist summed it up well. I quote him, for I descend into madness whenever I try to write anything of worth.
"......It's possible that this was an act both of madness and terrorism. Marc Lépine was in a state of derangement when he committed the 1989 Monstreal massacre, but his derangement expressed itself as hatred of women. It is impossible to analyse the Montreal massacre without talking about misogyny, just as it's impossible to talk about Fort Hood or honour killings without talking about religion."
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- Proud Horseman of the Presence
I disagree. Well, certainly it is possible. But it's presumptive to say that there aren't any features of islam that might push people towards suicide attacks. Cults can lead to mass suicide, right? Sure you have to have a certain braintype to be susceptible, but that might be more common than we'd like to acknowledge.
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