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God is great? As if we needed any more evidence, it would appear that God is a sociopath.
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It´s been pointed out that our reaction to Paris (e.g., my avatar) has been far more effusive than our reaction to Beirut, or Nigeria. Part of it is that Paris occupies a much larger part of our western cultural landscape (and in my case I lived there) than Bamako. My reaction to the massacre in Paris was almost tribal, and tribalism is kinda sorta a big issue around the world now. In a better world, we would react almost the same way to this and Nigeria as we did to Paris, but you know we won´t.
OTOH, a hotel in Bamako is likely to be filled with French people, so I could be wrong.
On another note, Boku Haram, like ISIS, is another organization whose rise to prominence has at the very least been aided and abetted by climate change. We´d better start paying some serious consideration to the connection there, ´cos we´re gonna be seeing a lot more social upheaval from drought and sea rise going forward.
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Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. Thomas Paine
You have to admit, these people shouting “God is great” are definitely a lot like God. Insistence on mindless obedience, indiscriminate killing, and wanton indifference are their hallmarks.
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Well at least the Malian authorities didn’t test an unproven and predictable chemical agent on terrorist and hostage alike, killing most of both.
You know, like the Russians have done.