From: Johannes Volmert (jvolmert@student.uni-kassel.de)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 20:09:47 GMT
Hi Folks,
I'd like to refer to a problem and phenomen, that has been already
discussed partly hereabouts.
Terrorism is obviously a severe problem all around the world; and it's
going to be a much more severe one in future times. Basically no
differences upon that statement in general, I guess. But what it's
origins are and how to stop or even diminish it, there is not so much
consensus, I believe.
The MoQ can teach us something here, maybe. Origins of terrorism are
firstly IMO a combination of dogmatic/fundamental religious attitudes
and feeling of inferiority coming along with hurted pride. The way
especially the islamistic terrorism develops tells me, it is being a
non-physical phenomen, meaning a social and/or intellectual pattern of
value (bad value of course!). It has already transcended the physical
representation in form of Bin Ladin and has become a
"Osama-everywhere"-phenomen, which has grown out of local anti-american
movement into a world-wide anti-western-upheaval. That means - as we
can see in Iraq recently - that although you catch the originator of a
movement, nothing really changes (We will see, what is going to happen
in the next weeks; hope, resistance diminishes).
But for Bin Ladin it seems to be clear, that it wouldn't change a lot,
if he is dead or alive. He'd set on fire what was already there. What he
did was simply: he taught them how to organize, how to fight, how to
behave conspirative and what was the most important: He taught them that
it matters us and that it satisfies many arabic people to see westerners
die.
Yes, it is not only hate, it is the celebrity-thing as described by
Pirsig. A Dschihadi is a famous person after his sacrifice. Some
individuals even shoot popstars to get famous. In all cultures all
around the world, it had been at times a honourful thing for a warrior
to do, to sacrifice his life for his community and also for big ideas
and is so in some regions nowadays.
To root out terrorism, it is not enough to eliminate certain persons. To
root out means at first, to destroy the patterns, that lead to such
actions. To kill certain individuals does not diminish the problem of
terrorism; in contrast: its fueling it.That is no exceptional new
evidence but I find it interesting, that a MoQ-analysis shows - apart
from other reasons - an additional aspect (celebrity) to clear up things.
No MoQ-based solution comes to mind, but I may state, that western
leaders and foremost the US-administration have to look for other ways
to come to grips with terrorism. Easily spoken out, but not so easily
done is the well know argument to improve the living conditions of
countries in question, which is both at the same time: right and wrong .
Right because most of the islamistic assassins come from underprivileged
countries, and wrong because those persons where mostly not poor, nor
belonged themselves to underprivileged social classes.
What I am eager to know would be mainly a MoQ-based sketch of
solution/ideas.
Greetings, JoVo
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