Terrorists are people. I'm not saying that we should not deal with them appropriately, with lethal force when they threaten innocent lives.
That said, they are people. The reason I am saying this, is so that we do not dehumanize them, and thus fail to understand them.
They are people, somehow, multiple people were convinced that this horrible crime was a good idea.
So, how did this happen? This is the question we need to ask, so that we can stop it. Not "How can we kill all of them as brutally as we can?", this is the question that the terrorists asked themselves. They were convinced that the average Parisian deserves death, and with that conclusion, they searched for the best way to achieve that goal.
We need to ask ourselves how people can be convinced to do this, and how we can stop this, how we can deter them, convince them that this is not a good idea.
Banning Islamic objects and wear only serves to show them a symbol of how they have terrified us into submission, it shows them that they had an impact on the free world.
The only consequence of their actions was to ruin the lives of dozens of innocents people. We need to remind them of that, show them the horror they have committed to innocent fucking people who did nothing to them, and then show them that even that, their best attempt at slaughter, had no effect on our legislation.
Secular humanism and civil rights are not so fragile that a few Kalashnikovs and grenades can destroy it. Show them that, and let them be the ones to fear.
Rejeistan wrote:Horrible news.
Fuck the terrorists.
The best way to tell them 'fuck you' is to let them know that they have had no effect. Don't ban the burqa or the niqab, show them that our values matter and we stand by them. Show them that freedom, liberty, and brotherhood matter, that there's nothing a bunch of fucking assholes with guns can do to bring that down.
