it goes too far…

who needs islamic terrorists, when there are so many already among us?

Religious Fanaticism

The need for praising your creator, for having moral guidelines and a prospect of a follow-up to the earthly life and for having spiritual comfort on your daily life is a legitimate one. This is for a lot of people the sense of religion.

But those who have to shout out or aggressively push their own religious beliefs to others, have difficulty believing in them in the first place, and all the shouting is part of the process of strengthening those beliefs within themselves, or the fear of being wrong.

Today, sticking to those ancient belief systems and associated rituals (Christian, Islamic, Hindu... maybe excluding Buddhism, which has been kept up-to-date in addressing modern men spiritual needs) that are meant to connect you to your creator and give you a purpose for the after life and compassion for your fellow man are difficult to sustain, since they are permanently challenged by more rational modern ways of thinking and life styles. Hence religious fanaticism rises.

Religious fanatics are people who, don't allow themselves to question their beliefs, because the doubts would make the castle of cards on which they stand crumble...

Do not oppress

What goes on in airports these days seems to me of such authoritarian and despotic nature that it is appalling. You're often treated as a suspect without crime or cause. You're searched, interrogated and hassled. All this in the name of your own security. It stinks like rotten fish. It is invasive and abusive most of the times. The airport security officers who by the nature of their job and because in most cases they are not proper authorities (but rather private security companies) should be extra polite and apologetic, are often taking joy in their little power game. Those officers protect us from the terrorists, but who protects us from them? Constitutional rights should protect us from this type of harassment, like for example when police officers require a warrant to search someone, which is given only when a court finds this person suspect based on evidence. But apparently the constitutions foresee exceptions in treating suspects for more delicate cases. Soon we'll be letting each other search and suspect each other at will. This is also terrorism.