Kevin Gowen wrote:
> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote:
> 
>>John Yamamoto-Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>KGII:
>>>
>>>>83-year-old Belgian grandmothers and 8-year-old Chinese kids are
>>>>not the ones trying to blow us up.
>>>
>>>That kind of thinking worries me. By all means, the authorities
>>>should be targetting very specifically the people behind the
>>>attacks. But they have to be *very* careful not to attack whole
>>>communities or ethnic groups. That path leads to large scale
>>>alienation and escalation of the problem.
>>
>>It should worry you for the opposite reason. The logical reaction of
>>terrorists is to brainwash 83 year-old Belgian grandmothers and 8
>>year-old Chinese kids into carrying bombs.
> 
> Huh?

No need to brainwash, fear has traditionally been more than sufficient.
The closest car bomb explosion I've been to was transported to the site
by a man who personally knew some of its victims (he also became one of
them). Not an isolated case by any means - a credible threat to kill
members of your family held as hostages its always a powerful incentive
to what you are told.


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                        Kevin Gowen (really)