tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post3267588097073111707..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: Treating EvilAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-63882200128693934582020-11-08T08:58:58.431-05:002020-11-08T08:58:58.431-05:00Excellent point. Malcom Gladwell wrote an article...Excellent point. Malcom Gladwell wrote an article for the New Yorker that the FBI and others involved with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians simply did not understand them, leading to increased conflict and eventually death. https://csc.asu.edu/2014/04/21/gladwell-on-waco-and-worldviews/ <br /><br />Janet Reno had her own worldview that child molestation was everywhere and it was her job to stamp it out. Putting people in jail on shoddy evidence was how she had made her reputaion in Florida. She was determined to have this victory, leading to the massacre. It's good to bring this one up when discussing police responses. "Oh, you mean like Waco?"Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-59453484642869553072020-11-07T22:47:00.358-05:002020-11-07T22:47:00.358-05:00"Deradicalization" here means changing s..."Deradicalization" here means changing someone's religion. I suspect the "psychologists, criminologists, sociologists, computer scientists" in charge of his "case" believe in no supernatural religion, and have no way of really meeting or understanding him. Another Muslim might--and even one of the Jews he hates would know more about responsibility to God, and how to talk with the jihadist, than a barrel-full of secular sociologists.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.com