Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Mohammed Bouyeri: "Will Kill Again If Set Free."
How do you deal with this type of mentality, of anyone, regardless of religious belief? Well, certainly it makes sense to heed his words and keep him in prison for the rest of his life.
The above mentality is the main root of terrorism, this is the potential cancer we face with terrorism here in the U.S., Spain, London, name the place - it applies everywhere. How do you appease someone who will kill and kill again, who is willing to commit suicide with the intent of killing and injuring others, who is not willing to allow for the existence of discourse from their religion?
What did the man, filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, do to incur such hatred and a grisly death? What offense did Mr. Van Gogh make? What 'sin' did he commit?
Remove from this situation all things religious and ask, how should society deal with an individual like this? It's not a hard answer. At the very, very least, an individual like Bouyeri should never - NEVER - be allowed back into the population-at-large again, ever.
© 2005
The above mentality is the main root of terrorism, this is the potential cancer we face with terrorism here in the U.S., Spain, London, name the place - it applies everywhere. How do you appease someone who will kill and kill again, who is willing to commit suicide with the intent of killing and injuring others, who is not willing to allow for the existence of discourse from their religion?
What did the man, filmmaker Theo Van Gogh, do to incur such hatred and a grisly death? What offense did Mr. Van Gogh make? What 'sin' did he commit?
Remove from this situation all things religious and ask, how should society deal with an individual like this? It's not a hard answer. At the very, very least, an individual like Bouyeri should never - NEVER - be allowed back into the population-at-large again, ever.
© 2005
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