A Note on ISIS

[hardblue.livejournal.com]

ISIS tells shopkeepers in Iraq to veil their mannequins http://t.co/pBrmBegU2a pic.twitter.com/X9bGcIziVs

— Mona (@MonaChalabi) July 22, 2014

So, things are going well on that front, too.

Comments

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

It isn't tiny. How the world should treat this minority of violent people? I'm saying the world should fight them, before it becomes minority. The history is full of examples when the tiny minority neglected by the world becomes powerful distractive force and the price to pay to defeat the evil become incredibly high. I don't think we need examples.
I want you to decide if you want to be just an observer, not like we can do much, still.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

We've been trying violence in response to violence for quite a while now. Like, all of human history. It hasn't worked all that well.

There is certainly a place for military responses. Crazy dictators gonna dictate. All the regular people had their reasons for supporting people who try to rise to power like Kim Il Sung and the Hitler and Hamas and our own Tea Party, because they felt powerless, and these people and organizations make them feel like they had agency again. But maybe we should try working on solutions to get currently-violent peoples out of their various predicaments so they don't feel the need to use violence, feel empowered to oppose violent people who try to rise to power.

Are we animals, or are we better than that?

[madam-shapo.livejournal.com]

I don't appreciate you putting Tea party in this list. Everything else-I agree. Working on solution is doable until certain point, it is too late for hamas. When they knock your door with guns, no solution will help. Some of us are animals, and some-better than that. Would you agree that you can't negotiate with certain people?
I think, American society is at the breaking point in that sense, and that is what we should be working immediately, before too it's too late. Maybe, I'm being paranoid again. You tell me.

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Er, rereading that, I didn't intend adding the Tea Party to the list like THAT. I meant that they felt powerless, so changed tactics, and while I feel their policies cause harm, it's not violent harm.