Robert Reich on the two brothers~

[babylonsister]

https://www.facebook.com/RBReich?hc_location=stream

Robert Reich

The fact that two brothers of Chechen background are suspected in Monday's Boston Marathon bombings (one has already been killed by the police) is sure to spark a new debate about global terrorism, its origins and motives. But as we have witnessed again and again, warped minds do not have to belong to a group or have an ideology in order to wreak havoc. The assumption of coordinated plots and international movements is often more reassuring than the reality of crazed individuals (or even brothers) whose blinding hate knows no bounds.

[randome]

1. Well written!

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. He's not a Rhodes Scholar for nothing.

Bill Clinton and Robert Reich in the same Rhodes Scholar class. Must have been something.

[flamingdem]

3. Something fed that hate nt

[randome]

4. Not having any clues at this point...

...it could simply have been a sense of isolation combined with adolescent mis-steps that convinced one or both that the world itself was their enemy.

[flamingdem]

7. hmmm nt

[Dawson Leery]

5. k/r

[frazzled]

6. I agree, and have been wondering simply about young males

I don't care if it's Newtown, Columbine, or Chechen terrorists. To me, the problem seems to be young males between, say, 17 and 28 who are disturbed and become attached to extreme ideas in their confusion.

We need to start studying and addressing this issue more thoroughly.

[magical thyme]

8. earlier societies had various "rites of passage" for teens

to bring them into the larger community of men and women. They channeled the energy through vision quests, hunts, ritual dance, whatever.

I don't think our society does a good (or any) job of this. We do it somewhat with sports, but not to the right aim, so not with the right results.

Without positive,structured direction and channeling, youthful energy can easily be misdirected into violence and chaos.