Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Scott Atran, talking to the enemy 8 Nov 2010

Briliant mind, briliant insights. Glory is the biggest motivator for young men, and the drive to right injustice. The remaining key ingredient is team spirit, the need to impress one's colleagues. This is the face of jihad, and the face of every young man on the planet. When they don't have other avenues, when they are told that jihad could work, they self-organize into little squads and do evil.
alas, I am too tired to sumarize more here. But I would like to listen to this talk again. 
 
I did, however, send this to my dad. Looking forward to his reply 

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