The Economist, Al-Qaeda. How jihad went freelance: “TERRORISTS are a bit like you and me, or so Marc Sageman suggests. It might be comforting to think that angry young Islamists are crazed psychopaths or sex-starved adolescents who have been brainwashed in malign madrassas. But Mr Sageman, a senior fellow at the Philadelphia-based Foreign Policy Research [...]
Entries Tagged as 'terrorism'
In What Sense Are Terrorists Cowards?
December 28th, 2007
Tim Noah, In What Sense Are Terrorists Cowards? “In truth, notions of “cowardice” and “bravery” are entirely irrelevant when we contemplate the horrors of terrorism. To call a terrorist “cowardly” is to substitute testosterone for morality. Somehow it isn’t enough to abhor an act of terrorism or even to promise to make the terrorist pay [...]
Tags: terrorism
Architecture of paranoia
November 19th, 2007
Stephen Bayley, Architecture of paranoia: “Talk about handing an aesthetic victory to the bad guys. Someone has decided to include siege mentality in the brief for building Britain.”
Tags: architecture · terrorism · uk
What Makes a Terrorist
November 14th, 2007
Alan Krueger, What Makes a Terrorist: “Why is an economist studying terrorism? I have two answers. First, participation in terrorism is just a special application of the economics of occupational choice. Some peo ple choose to become doctors or lawyers, and others pursue careers in terrorism. Economics can help us understand why. The second answer [...]
Tags: alan krueger · crime · economy · education · poverty · terrorism
Ready Made Terrorism
November 13th, 2007
The Guardian, Terrible poet, laughable terrorist: “Kamoze Ini’s Lyrical Gangster ditty kept popping in to my head last week every time Samina Malik, the “lyrical terrorist“, flashed by on a news bulletin. To be honest both the Lyrical Gangster and the lyrical terrorist have about as much to do with poetry or terrorism as each [...]
Tags: literature · poetry · samina malik · terrorism
Suicide Bombing Makes Sick Sense in Halo 3
November 10th, 2007
Clive Thompson, Suicide Bombing Makes Sick Sense in Halo 3: “I used to find it hard to fully imagine the mind-set of a terrorist. That is, until I played Halo 3 online, where I found myself adopting — with great success — terrorist tactics. Including a form of suicide bombing.” (…) “It’s not just that [...]
Tags: gaming · halo 3 · suicide bombing · terrorism
Interrogators Fought ‘Battle of Wits’
October 11th, 2007
Washington Post: “”We got more information out of a German general with a game of chess or Ping-Pong than they do today, with their torture,” said Henry Kolm, 90, an MIT physicist who had been assigned to play chess in Germany with Hitler’s deputy, Rudolf Hess.” Zie en luister ook Fresh Air: TV Torture Changes [...]
Tags: interrogation · terrorism · tv · usa · war on terror · wo2
Gallery Vandals Destroy Photos
October 9th, 2007
Extreem rechtse vandalen vernielen The History of Sex. (sic) New York Times: “A grainy video of four masked vandals running through an art gallery in Sweden, smashing sexually explicit photographs with crowbars and axes to the strain of thundering death-metal music, was posted on YouTube Friday night.” Het tinnef in actie op YouTube: Nationalists Action [...]
Tags: andres serrano · art · lund · photography · sexuality · sweden · terrorism · vandalism · video