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In reply to the discussion: I just do not understand Paris [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)who loathe and despise everything about the modern world except the weaponry, explosives and vehicles.
The modern equivalent of the Huns, Visigoths and Vandals, they want to destroy civilization simply because it exists.
Sweet reason is not going to be a viable option for dealing with them. Isn't it the Russians' turn to step in with massive force (and possibly some tactical nukes) against these monsters in semi-human form?
Religious fundamentalism has always had the most base of appeals - any atrocity committed because an Invisible Man In The Sky wants it done is by definition gawd's will and not an atrocity. To the contrary, TIMITS approves very much.
The "holy books" always set the poetical passages not far from those demanding the annihilation/enslavement/rape/torture/forcible conversion at swordpoint of the unbelieving heathens. And they always have.
Religion is bullshit.