(August 13, 2009 at 7:57 am)Pippy Wrote:Quote:BTW suicide bombers are a big issue in religion. They kill because of religion.This might lead to a thread hijack, but I thought you might say that. If I may, I disagree. Is it possible to have a secular suicide bomber? Sure. Is it possible to be religious, even very religious, and not feel the drive to be a suicide bomber? Sure. I think a suicide bomber is someone with no hope, no life and overwhelming hatred. Usually they have no hope and no life because some country or government took it from them, and that is where their hatred comes from. I do not support what they do, but instead am trying to think of a way to stop the phenomenon from happening. To see them as people, however sad, weak, and failing. I think suicide bombers are made. I think the "war on terror" is just the thing that makes them. Look at Chechnya for a case study.
The thing is you don't tend to get secular terrorists unless they are following an ideology and even then they don't tend to be of the suicide variety ... that's pretty much an exclusively religious and/or insane variety of terrorist.
Furthermore I don't think you are correct in your generalisation about suicide bombers being because of some country or government ... seems to me the primary motivation is religion and reward.
Kyu
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