NSFW Not Safe For World - Shock and Awe?

[Archalen]

Originally Posted by DeruIsLove [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I look at those "decent human beings" and see ignorant idealists who know nothing about the core reason these things happen and in reality will ultimately do nothing about it. I'm a realist though.

This is so broad. You can look at "these things" from a sociological, psychological, political, or religious point of view, and there are other ways of looking at it that blend them. They are all interconnected, which is why it's nice to have at least a basic understanding of what modern science has to say on these subjects. You're agnostic or atheist right? Try to apply that same kind of rigor to these subjects.

If you look into why some people become terrorists, it's not all that surprising given the way our environment shapes us; if you have a basic understanding of trauma psychology it's easy to see how a child who witnesses his mother dying in front of him will be scarred for the rest of his life. And he is told growing up (and in many cases it's actually true) that it was an Israeli weapon (with at least tacit support from the United States). Now you have a terrorist. Incidentally, it's hard to come up with a definition for "terrorism" that doesn't include the United States as a leading terrorist nation. You can find out more about this if you really want to know.

Now take the political landscape. Saudi Arabia is arguably the most extreme Islamic fundamentalist state in the world, but it has been the center of U.S. policy in the region. We've supported the Islamic government over the threat of secular nationalism for years. You can find out more if you really try.

I'm not going to let you frame the debate as "idealist versus realist," because that doesn't have any real application. There are people who take action versus people who do not take action. You should foster compassion, because you couldn't make a sane argument against becoming a more compassionate person. It is good for your mental health, and thus your physical health, and it is obviously good for the people you are being compassionate towards. People who foster compassion become emotionally intelligent, which helps you to resolve interpersonal conflict more easily (and this is at the heart of success in all areas of life). Once it becomes an ingrained habit, action will feel more natural. It's impossible to do something about everything, which is why it's better to focus on being compassionate and seeing where that leads you.

[Dragonsblood1987]

People sit back and watch, because despite authority being imagined, prison is real, and so is the ultimate power of the courts that will put you there for standing up. If anyone is to do anything, everyone has to do something. To put it into terms some of you can understand, we need to "Zerg rush" the government.

[funhorroryes]

like cattle, lambs to the slaughter

killing is sport for them.

[TrendyDru]

Leave it to a group of neckbeards on a RNF sub forum to bring peace and policy to the corrupt world we live in.

I, for one welcome our new political overlords

PRAS RNF

[Rais]

Funny thing is Saddam kept these fucks out of Iraq.

[KagatobLuvsAnimu]

Originally Posted by Rais [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Funny thing is Saddam kept these fucks out of Iraq.

It's quite true. Saddam was like Churchill to these guys.

[Tasslehofp99]

This is going to be the start of another invasion of Iraq and possibly Syria. There is no way that the shit these guys have been doing is going to continue.

[Hailto]

Thread makes me glad im not brown. Was just luck of the draw pals think about it, you could have been born in one of these shitholes. Instead you're in your mom's basement in the suburb playing elf simulators. Praise allah every day for that.

[MaksimMazor]

That was a pretty crazy video

[Gaffin 7.0]

glad im american