Ten, more thoughts on the topic...
Very true post, but the bottom-line is, violence begets more violence.
This country hasn't publicly answered the question, "how do you fight violence without spurring more violence through violence." To me, that is the most important question that needs to be answered. It's not as if our government hires psychologists for military services, when in fact, maybe they should.
On this note, a CNN article described in detail the members involved in the attacks, which I feel potentially leads to an answer on how to combat violence through non-violent methodologies.
The common denominator in their descriptions were:
- they came from a poor area in Saudi Arabia (SA) that did not experience the boom as other SA areas did.
- the people in that particular area are apparently oppressed, by apparently other areas in SA. (not sure how, but that's what the article said)
- the terrorists had started to get distant with their family members, suddenly becoming increasingly religious in the past one year
From this, one may wonder if violence may be combated on a long-term basis, with the following:
- removal of oppression, enhancement of global teaching for tolerance
- oppression begets violence, so remove oppression
- create job stimulation for unemployed people so they aren't sucked into terrorism
When people aren't oppressed and when job opportunities exist, there's a maximum potential for hope. Hope seems to be the key ingredient to avoid violence.
Obviously, long-term solutions do not help with short-term realities.
The FBI needs to aggressively locate those individuals involved and make the appropriate arrests.
They also need to update their computer equipment. The technology certainly exists for them to track down the hijackers, terrorists that the CIA had informed the FBI about on August 23 prior to the attack, however, the technology isn't deployed, thus, not used. I rather like Ellison's idea. Also, I don't see how the FBI can even work effectively with 3 to 8 year old PCs.
Regards,
Amy J |
