(December 31, 2014 at 1:32 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(December 31, 2014 at 12:35 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote: Zealotry is the culprit. It takes a zealot -- Christian, Communist, Muslim, whatever -- it takes a zealot to justify evil with ideology.
Indeed, however the zealots feed off the popular support of the grassroots majority. Take away the implicit blessing that zealotry requires and the religious maniacs become ordinary everyday maniacs.
Taking off the uniform doesn't make a soldier a civilian.
