The events of 7/7 are explicable in terms of a Western psyche which is informed as much by icons of self-alienation such as Joy Division's Ian Curtis, who hanged himself, and Kurt Cobain, who shot himself, as by the prophet Mohammed
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Most stupid comment I've seen on Ian Curtis in my life...
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Jed Stephens wrote: The games up lads, they've sussed we're all terrorists!.
Yeah, we're all potential suicide bombers ;)
It's a well known fact that they all listen to Joy Division before doing it...
I must admit I was responsible for 911 and Ian Curtis inpsired me to do it...
People like this should not reproduce.
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It occurs to me that there is one tiny flaw in her reasoning....
how come the IRA, never used suicide tactics if such are inevitable for people in our JD soaked culture. Yeah they tried to use other people as suicide bombers, but that's a whole different deal :)
Can't be bothered reading this as it sounds so ridiculous (and that's something coming from me!)...
Did Ian Curtis blow himself up? - No.
Can you imagine Jihadies sitting in their bunkers moshing around to JD and feeling inspired to plot attacks against the west as a result? - No.
craig's digitalwaters wrote: Can't be bothered reading this as it sounds so ridiculous (and that's something coming from me!)...
Did Ian Curtis blow himself up? - No.
Can you imagine Jihadies sitting in their bunkers moshing around to JD and feeling inspired to plot attacks against the west as a result? - No.
Oh, I dunno - there are a number around here for whom 'World in Motion' arouses feelings of the I'm-gonna-launch-a-Jock-jihad-on-your-ass variety.
:)
Aww I couldn't read up to the last paragraph,what a load of bollocks.Ian and Kurt didn't want to face life,but they didn't take a fcuking bus-load of strangers with them.
As for the Koran not having anything to do with terrorism,I whole-heartedly believe it.All through the years,there's been atrocities in the name of religion,or more what nutcase preachers "read between the lines".
Just as an aside, some people have been referring to the article's writer as "she" but it seems it was actually written by a man. To get back to the point, where do people get this stuff from? Someone needs to give the idiot some sanity pills, I think.
Here's a much more sensible essay from the same site:
