A few billions for his thoughts –
Apparently we seem convinced that there indeed were these people, raised in Saudi Arabia, who slammed civilian airplanes into civilian buildings. Lets grant that as a fact and ignore all rumors about the US agencies being involved in its commision or foreknowledge.
Amongst many questions I have, one of which is about Ted Bundy.. I hear his name in popular media at times. Apparently, he killed a few people and then something happened to him. Now, I am interested to know WHY he did kill all those people. If Mr Bundy were to grant an interview (which he might have, I dunno), he could just lie through his teeth regarding his motive. He could talk about the Lord and try to gain sympathy. He could play the devil, relishing in the image and confounding the rest of us (note my igorance towards Mr Bundy’s circumstances). However, I’m still interested in his motives.
Drawing from the investigative findings and the scientific history available regarding serial killers, some experts can speculate as to why Mr Bundy did what he did. That would put my mind at ease. While we are at it, I’d like to know what drove John Lennon’s killer to do the act. I heard this guy was up for parole recently, and Yoko raised a little hell and then something happened to the rest of this story. I’m sure, this was no occasion to bring up the motives of the murder. I’m sure it was covered at length at the time of the crime. Experts must have speculated and I slap myself for not being interested at the time of the murder (I was into comic books back then). But now I am kinda curious as to what kind of lunatics do such stuff. Or rather, their motives.
I have carried around this feeling of being unsatisfied, of being paritally informed for some time. No one speculates on the motives. We keep harping on incidents and their repurcussions but has our knowledge about the motives improved? Can we do a recap, please? Of course, I could get out and investigate if the curiousity really does kill me so much. But wouldn’t life would be so much simpler, if an expert came along. Someone knowlegable about the subject area and wiling to trade my penny for his/her thoughts.
A self-proclaimed expert is President Bush. He offered his thoughts and a good number of people bought them for.. let’s just say a few hundred billions. His thoughts would probably cost even more if you were to put a value on human lives and misery. His speculations about the motives of people who would want to kill themselves while killing others, are probably the highest priced thoughts in the history of intellectual discourse.
This is what he said: ‘The terrorists are people who fear freedom and liberty and want to destroy the American way of life’. And thus, ‘we will hunt them down and punish them’
Now, maybe as a President, he is worth our respect and votes. He may also be a good man but we have no responsibility to pay more than a penny for his thoughts. His intellectual utterances should not be weighed in the same instance as his office.
OK, maybe I have been too hard on him. The edifice that surrounds him, the media that supports him should all be asked this one question: why did the pilots of those airplanes crash into a civilian building?
Well, I am an expert. A self-proclaimed one, too, and I am greedy for your pennies..
The reason someone would crash into a building must have to do with strong convictions. Since the men perished in the crash, the only way to get into their heads is by asking who else is planning to do the same. There are many..
One thing is for sure: very few, and I mean, very few actually want to destroy the way of life that Americans enjoy. Most misunderstand it halfway through and even then they want to participate in it fully. I am talking about the beaches of Florida, the Super Bowl, the ability to buy a car, the fire safety regulations, the freedom to hold hands in public.
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