The link below is to an article reporting on the censorship of libraries by Islamic State terrorists in Iraq and in Mosul in particular.
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http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/world/2015/02/01/iraqi-libraries-ransacked-islamic-state-group-mosul/g5YDl4dV8kMDK01HGrQMHJ/story.html
The following link is to an article about the new release book, ‘Poetry of the Taliban,’ which features poetry written by Taliban fighters. As you can imagine, the book has sparked outrage from many who see the book as supporting terrorists and extremists. What do you think?
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– http://www.finebooksmagazine.com/fine_books_blog/2012/05/poetry-of-the-taliban.phtml
– http://www.poetryofthetaliban.com/Poetry_of_the_Taliban/Home.html
OK – this is a suggestion I’m all for. Wouldn’t the world be a so much better place with no terrorism? Certainly – now what can I do. I can be ‘alert, but not alarmed,’ as the Australian television add of a couple of years ago told me. But what more? Can terrorism be eliminated?
I doubt terrorism will ever be completely eliminated – but it would be great if it could be. We can certainly reduce it greatly and that too would be good.
The suggestion in the book ‘365 Ways to Change the World,’ by Michael Norton is a little disappointing here. Sure, I don’t agree with torture and unlawful detention, etc. However, the suggestion is a little too ‘polite’ toward terrorists for my liking. I have no time for terrorists and they need to be rooted out and, well, they will probably get hurt during the process – I don’t have a lot of sympathy for them I must admit.
The suggestion is for combating terrorism without the erosion of human rights while doing so. As I said – I don’t want to see human rights eroded. I also don’t want to see terrorists given soft treatment – they chose to forego that when they became terrorists in my book.
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