tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22346965.post115297658371983827..comments2024-03-06T07:32:53.783-06:00Comments on Blogger Round table: Suicide bombers, who and why?Ingridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543677729320023767noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22346965.post-1160488769907284982006-10-10T08:59:00.000-05:002006-10-10T08:59:00.000-05:00Actually, the author of this analysis is an emotio...Actually, the author of this analysis is an emotionally distraught person, who got overwhelmed by her feeling of rejection- and quickly identified herself with the "martyrs" of Gaza and the West Bank. As she admitted in BOMB magazine this fall, she got rejected and humiliated both by her homeless father and her ex-boyfriend who had joined the IDF and rejected her.<BR/>The motives of this research is far from serious, as they are purely emotional. Trying to bring in a pseudo rational/scientific approach to the analysis does not solve the problem. She is trying to justify suicide bombings because she identifies with their feeling of rejection and desire of revenge, but her point is vain. In addition to this, she does not provide any tool to supposedly "defuse" them as she claims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22346965.post-1153084516722202292006-07-16T16:15:00.000-05:002006-07-16T16:15:00.000-05:00Yeah, religion has nothing to do with suicide atta...Yeah, religion has nothing to do with suicide attacks. But neither does community pressure, though. Both are simply frameworks for the current crop of suicide fighters - supporting, but not causing them. At the turn of the last century suicide attacks were more the provenance of anarchists and communists, people that were atheist and fought the societies they belonged to, often at odds with their families and peers. <BR/><BR/>In asymmetric conflicts, any kind of violent opposition is suicide, especially when the differences are as huge are they are these days. And yes, it would be nice if we could solve conflicts without violence, but that simply isn't the way humans work. So, in many modern conflicts, suicide attacks are the only reasonable outcome.Endorendilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16978068671745411352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22346965.post-1153034262756122632006-07-16T02:17:00.000-05:002006-07-16T02:17:00.000-05:00Ingrid,fabulous observation- most people can't eve...Ingrid,<BR/><BR/><B>fabulous observation</B>- most people can't even seem to remember back 60 years to the Kamakaze pilots, Suicide whatever has been around for many wars and under many flags. And in such as community-based culture as Arab culture is (as you know)- the thought of doing something that would benefit the ummah in the long run give the act meaning.zazouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516234913848704691noreply@blogger.com