"we" being humanity, civilization, to encourage desperate behaviours? I mean decades ago, terrorists would kidnap and hold for ransom, people, aircrafts, etc. and organizations like the PLO and IRA etc. were considered extremists but you could negotiate your way out. Was it all just subdued or repressed, or have we as a society done things to escalate the rise and the desperateness of people's plights?
Suicide seems to be considered a noble martyrdom for causes and beliefs, even a heroic exit to the emotionally confused.
Have we done something to push people into these desperate corners?
I think we have through greed, neglect, lack of compassion, all these things...mostly it's desperation that drives people to these measures which seem insane to the majority of us. But I wonder how easily any one of us could cross over if forced to endure similar attrocities and conditions that we can't even imagine exist in other parts of the world. Will it just keep going this way?
2007-08-19
07:10:06
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