3 Brit Pakistanis from B'ham arrested for terror plot

[Med911]

Re: 3 Brit Pakistanis from B’ham arrested for terror plot

@Jamal_Sharif

I’m sure what you say is true in some cases but how do you distinguish between crooks and ‘victims of social ills’? Ultimately it is possible to find some justification for every crime, but does not solve the problem. That is why the solution cannot always be social remediation nor can it be always punishment. It is a mix of the two.

I don’t know much about the taleban and their justification for terrorism. But find it hard to extend whatever that justificationmay be, to muslim lads born and brought up in UK who believe and are led to believe they are serving the cause of their religion by bombing subways and killing innocent commuters

You dont differentiate… Every crook is a victim on some level as well, but that is no excuse for being a criminal. I think its an injustice that the rich can get away with murder, but I cant even go to the emergency room for something minor, for not more then 1 hour without getting stuck with a bill for 2000 dollars… But that doesnt mean I go out and mug some guy driving a BMW.

Islam is a convenient excuse. Like the Taliban, and like the inner city kids in the US, the thought of being something bigger then oneself is very appealing. These guys have no voice, they are weak. In the US they are pushed around and looked down upon, in the UK its a similar situation, young lads who feel they have no purpose in life and are weak, same with the madrassa student in Pakistan. The Taliban, Al Qaeda, and even the Bloods and Crips give them a vioce, it gives them purpose, and strength. Suddenly they have strength and a voice.

Ultimately, the goals of these groups are very different, their modis operanndi is very different, but they all stem from the same disillusioned source.