...and postmodernism.
Postmodernism, at least to me, signified the end of "truth," per se. Certainly, the idea of the freedom fighter/terrorist/hero is no different. George Washington, for instance, would likely have been the leader of a "terrorist organization" in the eyes of Great Britain. Perhaps, ultimately, this is why I almost feel that a "war on terrorism" is unwinable. You can kill people, but you can't kill ideas; and religion is enough of a reactionary vehicle for unquestioning complacency that it can never end. Will they jump off a bridge if their friend did it first? Not necessarily. Will they murder millions of people if God supposedly said to? Yes.
War and violence will never end, because it is too much of an ingrained part of religion, which, in thousands and thousands of years, has really changed very little at the core.
Thoughts?
Melon
Postmodernism, at least to me, signified the end of "truth," per se. Certainly, the idea of the freedom fighter/terrorist/hero is no different. George Washington, for instance, would likely have been the leader of a "terrorist organization" in the eyes of Great Britain. Perhaps, ultimately, this is why I almost feel that a "war on terrorism" is unwinable. You can kill people, but you can't kill ideas; and religion is enough of a reactionary vehicle for unquestioning complacency that it can never end. Will they jump off a bridge if their friend did it first? Not necessarily. Will they murder millions of people if God supposedly said to? Yes.
War and violence will never end, because it is too much of an ingrained part of religion, which, in thousands and thousands of years, has really changed very little at the core.
Thoughts?
Melon