Thursday, July 14, 2005

In the minds of the terrorists

New information was releaased in London as to the identity of the people involved in the bombings in London. These people were your average local English people, born or raised up in the UK in an ethnic family, with similar tastes and interests as other Brits. Why would they do such an act?

Maybe they understood how alienated they were from society. Although they all had things to do in life, they didn't know what they were doing here in life. Maybe they were not able to find fulfilment in life. They didn't have a purpose in life. Even though they had family and friends aroudn them, these family and friends would be concerned about the trivial things in life, like what to wear or where to eat, but couldn't give them an answer as to why they were here in life. And as they try to search within themselves, they searched back to their roots, to the origin of their family, and rediscovered their religion in a new meaningful way. Given the state they were in, it would only take a few people to convince them to die, if they were convinced that their death would serve as a purpose of why they were born in this world. If they believed that through death, they could bring salvation to their family, they would sacrifice their lives. If they believed that through death, their life would have meaning and that they were able to escape from this meaningless world, they would do it. If deep in their hearts, they knew that alot of ordinary people feel the same way, and that death is just an escape for these people as well from this world we live in, they would carry out the attacks with no hesitation.

If we understood these emotions and feelings, maybe each one of us has a potential to be a terrorist.

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