In an article “Middle East Revisited: Terrorism,” I wrote of my belief that beneath the layers of public reasons for a suicide bomber to take others with him or her is the urgent need to abandon a disappointing life and enter into and take over that of a victim. The details drawing me towards this conclusion can be found in the above mentioned article.
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Health, Obscured motives, Psychology, Suicide
Tagged Amish, motives, murder, suicide, Suicide attack
A community’s best defense against those bent on murder is a reliably applied penalty that coerces each of us. The two front-runners for such a penalty are death and the elusive incarceration that ends in death.
Posted in Crime and Punishment, Justice, Rights and Obligations, United States
Tagged Capital punishment, death, justice, murder, recidivism
