1) It didn't occur to me that the bombings in Israel, or at least some of them, might be staged, but there is no reason as to why not. It wouldn't be the first time that a government has decided to kill some of its own people, especially ones whose loss wouldn't matter much anyway, in order to achieve a greater good, such as, in this case, blaming the other side for wanting to delay peace talks. It's not "dumb", and it's happened plenty of times before, in other countries.
2) There ARE shapes in the clouds. Reality is mostly about perception. Also, much of science is about making a theory, and finding data to match it. There are many scientists who simply ignore data which disproves their theory, thinking it anomalous, when they have enough which does prove it. Anyway, I didn't say anything about that group having a website. The article indicates that this group "... had claimed to be behind the attacks in a statement posted on an Islamist website." It's like with Al Jazeera getting Bin Laden's latest speech.
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4) There is a lot of stress in knowing that one will die. Many times, it's better to just go, suddenly, without any long, drawn-out preparation. The actions of the terrorists are no more selfish than anyone doing anything for themselves. Actually, in a sense, their actions are selfless, because many of them don't get to live past the event, so they never get to see the good, if any, which their act has created for their people.
1) Yeah, I know it's happened... I don't remember much about it, but wasn't there some incident in which the US gassed (chemical gasses) a boat of its own to test the gas? Anyhoo, it's very Machiavellian to stage a bombing, but it still strikes me as dumb, because there are enough bombings to not need to stage any of one's own...
2) At the moment, I'm completely against shapes in the clouds, because of my English teacher, who pulls out the most random stuff out of poetry and then proves its true. I noticed about the name of the group in the website changed with the source--I'm wondering about that...
3) BLANK!
4) I guess dying suddenly is less stressful, but I think the value of enjoying a full life (okay, providing you enjoyed it. If not, well, tough luck) exceeds the stress of knowing you will die (soon, that is). And yes, it is selfless committing siucide for a cause, but at the same time, it is selfish by bringing other people into your cause when they don't want to be.
2) There ARE shapes in the clouds. Reality is mostly about perception. Also, much of science is about making a theory, and finding data to match it. There are many scientists who simply ignore data which disproves their theory, thinking it anomalous, when they have enough which does prove it. Anyway, I didn't say anything about that group having a website. The article indicates that this group "... had claimed to be behind the attacks in a statement posted on an Islamist website." It's like with Al Jazeera getting Bin Laden's latest speech.
3) ...
4) There is a lot of stress in knowing that one will die. Many times, it's better to just go, suddenly, without any long, drawn-out preparation. The actions of the terrorists are no more selfish than anyone doing anything for themselves. Actually, in a sense, their actions are selfless, because many of them don't get to live past the event, so they never get to see the good, if any, which their act has created for their people.
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2) At the moment, I'm completely against shapes in the clouds, because of my English teacher, who pulls out the most random stuff out of poetry and then proves its true. I noticed about the name of the group in the website changed with the source--I'm wondering about that...
3) BLANK!
4) I guess dying suddenly is less stressful, but I think the value of enjoying a full life (okay, providing you enjoyed it. If not, well, tough luck) exceeds the stress of knowing you will die (soon, that is). And yes, it is selfless committing siucide for a cause, but at the same time, it is selfish by bringing other people into your cause when they don't want to be.
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