Comments on: Bombay Burning: What Is It That Motivates The Terrorist? http://www.reenita.com/bombay-burning-what-is-it-that-motivates-the-terrorist/ A journal of life, health and cultural eccentricities Thu, 08 Sep 2011 06:46:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Hybrid Mom Insider » How Do You Deal With A Child’s Questions About Terrorism? http://www.reenita.com/bombay-burning-what-is-it-that-motivates-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-132 Hybrid Mom Insider » How Do You Deal With A Child’s Questions About Terrorism? Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:28:26 +0000 http://www.reenitamalhotrahora.com/?p=233#comment-132 [...] terrorism is economically driven or whether it occurs due to religious strife, we can no longer rely on others to protect us. What can we do as individuals to make the world we [...] [...] terrorism is economically driven or whether it occurs due to religious strife, we can no longer rely on others to protect us. What can we do as individuals to make the world we [...]

]]> By: Maleeka Rafiq Lala http://www.reenita.com/bombay-burning-what-is-it-that-motivates-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Maleeka Rafiq Lala Sat, 29 Nov 2008 01:18:28 +0000 http://www.reenitamalhotrahora.com/?p=233#comment-131 I'm in sync wit what you've said Reeny. And as people who've grown up together in Bombay I feel it's time we stood up and took a stand to make our politicians accountable with the aim of makong teh city and ultimatley the country a safer place. Not just in terms of emergency preparedness but on a daily basis. Please help me start the group I'm starting this weekend and get like minded people to join. Love Maleeka I’m in sync wit what you’ve said Reeny. And as people who’ve grown up together in Bombay I feel it’s time we stood up and took a stand to make our politicians accountable with the aim of makong teh city and ultimatley the country a safer place. Not just in terms of emergency preparedness but on a daily basis.
Please help me start the group I’m starting this weekend and get like minded people to join.
Love
Maleeka

]]> By: Global Patriot http://www.reenita.com/bombay-burning-what-is-it-that-motivates-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-130 Global Patriot Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:47:51 +0000 http://www.reenitamalhotrahora.com/?p=233#comment-130 This has been such a tragic event, and one that seems to defy explanation. As to what motivates terrorism, I'm sure political and psychological experts have their own theories to share, but the vast majority of the world's population cannot fathom having such feelings inside themselves. Whether we are talking about an attack on a major city, like New York, London or Bombay, or the sort of attacks that were used in 1994 during the genocide in Rwanda, the thoughts that exist within the minds of those who kill innocent people is hard for any of us to grasp. Our minds simply don't work that way. There is obviously a motivation related to hate, but how does such hate manifest itself? At what point does an individual feel that he is justified in killing? While few in America will ever turn that spotlight inward, many citizens of the world asked these same questions when the U.S. invaded Iraq. The Brotherhood of Man is truly a concept yet to take hold. This has been such a tragic event, and one that seems to defy explanation. As to what motivates terrorism, I’m sure political and psychological experts have their own theories to share, but the vast majority of the world’s population cannot fathom having such feelings inside themselves.

Whether we are talking about an attack on a major city, like New York, London or Bombay, or the sort of attacks that were used in 1994 during the genocide in Rwanda, the thoughts that exist within the minds of those who kill innocent people is hard for any of us to grasp. Our minds simply don’t work that way.

There is obviously a motivation related to hate, but how does such hate manifest itself? At what point does an individual feel that he is justified in killing? While few in America will ever turn that spotlight inward, many citizens of the world asked these same questions when the U.S. invaded Iraq.

The Brotherhood of Man is truly a concept yet to take hold.

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