Originally Posted by
Noir
I think there is - otherism makes things seem foreign/disconnected when that’s not the case. It also closes the door on integration and rehabilitation in circumstances were it otherwise may be possible.
I take your point, but I think we are war against terrorists, and war changes a lot of things. By "we" I mean America, western Europe, and Israel - basically all the countries that terrorists are targeting.
The most basic thing that war changes is that "we" have to believe we are the good guys, and that the people we are war against are not good-just-misunderstood guys. Vietnam showed how impossible it is to fight a war if people on your side start thinking that the other side is "good-just-misunderstood". It is the first step toward being the losing side.
Ecclesiastes 10:2 - A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him to the left.
Wise men don't need advice, and fools won't take it - Ben Franklin
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