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You're right. People who grow up in a society feeling outcast are more likely to try and destroy it, unsurprisingly. Look at history's revolutionaries and troub

You're right. People who grow up in a society feeling outcast are more likely to try and destroy it, unsurprisingly. Look at history's revolutionaries and troublemakers. Oh, wait, I think you were trying to say that we should use racial profiling without spelling it out. Oh.

madez 11y ago
What I ask for is to study the reasons and solutions to the problem of terrorism in a scientific manner, that is not fearing inconvenient answers. It's sad that one even has to ask for such an approach. In most cases it's undisputedly the only senseable one. You can't work scientifically if your fear of being labeled racist guides and censors you.
- TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
  That you think fear of appearing racist is stopping people telling the truth here is telling. We know why terrorism happens. We've known this for an awfully long time. We don't need unscientific nonsense about how brown people are magically terrorists. Science frequently comes up with inconvenient answers. But you might find that the science here is inconvenient towards your position, not others'.
  - madez 11y ago
    > That you think fear of appearing racist is stopping people telling the truth here is telling. I don't get this. My impression that the fear of being labeled racists makes people censor themselves is not something I only hear others saying but also the press specifically censors the ethnicity of wrongdoers because it might appear to be justification for racism. > We know why terrorism happens. We've known this for an awfully long time. I'm not so sure about that one. In any case, the fact that we still suffer from terrorism speaks its own language. > We don't need unscientific nonsense about how brown people are magically terrorists. I totally agree on that we don't need unscientific explanations. I call for the opposite. Ridiculing a point I never made doesn't help. > Science frequently comes up with inconvenient answers. But you might find that the science here is inconvenient towards your position, not others'. My position on this topic is in many parts neutral, because I'm happy to admit that I don't know all the facts nor do I understand the whole picture thoroughly. Thats why I wish for more investigation. Your last sentence baffles me.
    - TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
      > In any case, the fact that we still suffer from terrorism speaks its own language. Knowing why something happens doesn't mean it stops happening. First, some problems aren't easily solved. Second, there is not the will to solve some of them. Climate change is an example of this.
petra 11y ago
>> People who grow up in a society feeling outcast are more likely to try and destroy it, unsurprisingly. Look at history's revolutionaries and troublemakers. But it does not apply equally to all cultures(with muslims relatively extreme in that regard). The jews, for example we're badly treated for decades, with relatively little terrorism. The people of Tibet under china are also, quite peaceful.

madez 11y ago

What I ask for is to study the reasons and solutions to the problem of terrorism in a scientific manner, that is not fearing inconvenient answers. It's sad that one even has to ask for such an approach. In most cases it's undisputedly the only senseable one. You can't work scientifically if your fear of being labeled racist guides and censors you.

TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
That you think fear of appearing racist is stopping people telling the truth here is telling. We know why terrorism happens. We've known this for an awfully long time. We don't need unscientific nonsense about how brown people are magically terrorists. Science frequently comes up with inconvenient answers. But you might find that the science here is inconvenient towards your position, not others'.
- madez 11y ago
  > That you think fear of appearing racist is stopping people telling the truth here is telling. I don't get this. My impression that the fear of being labeled racists makes people censor themselves is not something I only hear others saying but also the press specifically censors the ethnicity of wrongdoers because it might appear to be justification for racism. > We know why terrorism happens. We've known this for an awfully long time. I'm not so sure about that one. In any case, the fact that we still suffer from terrorism speaks its own language. > We don't need unscientific nonsense about how brown people are magically terrorists. I totally agree on that we don't need unscientific explanations. I call for the opposite. Ridiculing a point I never made doesn't help. > Science frequently comes up with inconvenient answers. But you might find that the science here is inconvenient towards your position, not others'. My position on this topic is in many parts neutral, because I'm happy to admit that I don't know all the facts nor do I understand the whole picture thoroughly. Thats why I wish for more investigation. Your last sentence baffles me.
  - TazeTSchnitzel 11y ago
    > In any case, the fact that we still suffer from terrorism speaks its own language. Knowing why something happens doesn't mean it stops happening. First, some problems aren't easily solved. Second, there is not the will to solve some of them. Climate change is an example of this.

petra 11y ago

>> People who grow up in a society feeling outcast are more likely to try and destroy it, unsurprisingly. Look at history's revolutionaries and troublemakers. But it does not apply equally to all cultures(with muslims relatively extreme in that regard). The jews, for example we're badly treated for decades, with relatively little terrorism. The people of Tibet under china are also, quite peaceful.