I left a comment on O Machine the other day and decided to post it here.
We all know that suicide bombers, freedom fighters, terrorists - whatever they are called either way it's a sin - are promised 72 virgins by their evil masters after they blow themselves to Kingdom Come.
About that 72 thing. How does that work exactly? Do they get 72 girls for eternity? But once you go through the harem they are no longer virgins, right? Or does it replenish? In other words, does the religious contract stipulate you get a new set of 72 virgins.
If you're stuck with the same 72 that doesn't strike me as a fair deal.
In a sense this is sort of like the Wile E. Coyote question: Was there one thickheaded numbskull or several?
These are important questions our leaders and media choose to ignore.
Speaking of Looney Tunes, did you know that the Tasmanian Devil is a threatened species?
I think you have to 'cool your tool' (as my dad was fond of saying) a bit. This 72 virgins thing is not quite "au courant". Kind of like how Christians aren't supposed to lend money at interest.
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As excitingly naughty as it sounds to non-mastrabatory Christians, to me, and probably everyone else (including muslims) 72 virgins sounds like A LOT OF WORK, and I must assume that the suicide bombers don't take it seriously themselves.
Despair and hate are, in my opinion, the more probable motives.
And the cash reward, from Hamas (or whoever) to the bombers' slowly starving family, of course.
If you see your family slowly starving to death, maybe a suicide bombing makes rational sense?
More than the 72 virgins that certain wingnut commentators obsessively dwell on...
(not you, of course, I was using the word 'commentator' in a non-Captialised sense.)
Yes, usury was quite the sin. Oh, well. Try to reverse that one. As for the 72er, it was more of a light hearted joke. In any event, many suicide bombers are actually from middle class backgrounds. It's amazing to read about how so many were educated and had a chance at a successful life. In many cases, families are unaware that their children are being recruited. I think there is an element of the irrational to mask a driven political goal by the powers that be. They use the weak minded (by indoctrinating with hate) to push their plans. Arabs who sympatize with all this are not mental: just misled and mislead. A recommened read is "Who Becomes a Terrorist and Why" by the U.S State Department (1999).
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