"Prof. Cole is describing a possible core dynamic. His type analysis here is far more true and relevant in all of history and drama as well." Well said.
I often wonder what is in our DNA really and how it compels us forward into certain actions and not others - and what information changes our DNA over time and/or presupposes us to take certain actions or act out in certain ways. These acts, to me, are like a suicide. It is never just one thing but a whole history of variables that go even beyond the family, which is a microcosm of greater influences and collective memories of a long past, acknowledged consciously or not.
Since the Russians wanted the FBI to investigate the older brother, I was wondering if he (and possibly his younger brother) were trying to show some larger terrorist organization that they were capable and willing. But at the same time, I can see personal frustrations being directed in this way and influenced by anything that has an ideology of collective anger and aggression behind it. I still think there are collective motivations from their historical backgrounds and roots that they may not be as consciously aware of. Otherwise, why not just go kick a bum?
Just wanted to say that the night before the bombings, I was reading Crime And Punishment and left off at the part where Raskolnikov is being interviewed by an investigator who states that he finds his ideas on criminal justification interesting - that a crime is justified, even if innocent people have to die - that is, if it is committed for the greater good. The next day the bombings happened and I thought a lot about having compassion for the bombers who thought they were doing something good most likely and what may be the origins of the whole situation, as complex as those may be. Then I was really surprised to find out the bombers are of basically Russian descent. It was an odd synchronicity for me and I've been wondering since about the influence of the great 19th Century Russian literature on younger generations entering into acts of terrorism.
"Prof. Cole is describing a possible core dynamic. His type analysis here is far more true and relevant in all of history and drama as well." Well said.
I often wonder what is in our DNA really and how it compels us forward into certain actions and not others - and what information changes our DNA over time and/or presupposes us to take certain actions or act out in certain ways. These acts, to me, are like a suicide. It is never just one thing but a whole history of variables that go even beyond the family, which is a microcosm of greater influences and collective memories of a long past, acknowledged consciously or not.
Since the Russians wanted the FBI to investigate the older brother, I was wondering if he (and possibly his younger brother) were trying to show some larger terrorist organization that they were capable and willing. But at the same time, I can see personal frustrations being directed in this way and influenced by anything that has an ideology of collective anger and aggression behind it. I still think there are collective motivations from their historical backgrounds and roots that they may not be as consciously aware of. Otherwise, why not just go kick a bum?
Just wanted to say that the night before the bombings, I was reading Crime And Punishment and left off at the part where Raskolnikov is being interviewed by an investigator who states that he finds his ideas on criminal justification interesting - that a crime is justified, even if innocent people have to die - that is, if it is committed for the greater good. The next day the bombings happened and I thought a lot about having compassion for the bombers who thought they were doing something good most likely and what may be the origins of the whole situation, as complex as those may be. Then I was really surprised to find out the bombers are of basically Russian descent. It was an odd synchronicity for me and I've been wondering since about the influence of the great 19th Century Russian literature on younger generations entering into acts of terrorism.