Comment Re:I think (Score 1) 542
Can people stop swearing at MSBob and think a bit? The question is worth asking, if not necessarily worth answering "yes" to.
Some qualities of Osama bin Laden: ruthlessness, fanaticism, and a tendency to think big.
A dangerous, even apocalyptic, combination. But many people who aren't remotely near to being terrorists share some or all of these qualities. People we respect as leaders. Even our friends. Even ourselves. (I include myself in that. And I'm perfectly harmless.)
What I'm saying is that it doesn't take much more to tip a person over the edge of decent behaviour.
Some qualities of Osama bin Laden: ruthlessness, fanaticism, and a tendency to think big.
A dangerous, even apocalyptic, combination. But many people who aren't remotely near to being terrorists share some or all of these qualities. People we respect as leaders. Even our friends. Even ourselves. (I include myself in that. And I'm perfectly harmless.)
What I'm saying is that it doesn't take much more to tip a person over the edge of decent behaviour.
