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QUOTE]I might be wrong here, but I don't think that any mothers would breed/raise their sons (and sometimes daughters) to become suicide-bombers or terrorist. As a matter of fact, mothers are the most protective people I know of. To become a suicide-bomber or a terrorist is a choice made by the individual and not their parents.
FOOTNOTE: you are a 31 year old woman on the WestBank. Your grandfather was killed 15 yrs ago in an Isreali incursion. 3 of your 4 brothers were also killed in conflict. Your father is in a wheelchair and needs a bag tied to his leg because he has no intestines left after being caught in his own organizations suicide plot against "the enemy". Your husband mysteriously dissappeared seven months ago. Your best friend of 17 years was killed in the cross fire of a skirmish two weeks ago while buying toilet paper. Your 10 year old son is outside right now being taught by your brother in law how to use a 31 year old AK-47. Your baby is warm in your arms suckling and you are thinking "how am I going to get back at those bastards for killing my family".
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And after all these tragedies, would the mother really want to send another one of her sons to the grave?
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The mother is not sending her son to the grave but rather sending her son to a higher purpose. Some cultures believe that dying in the name of their God is the ultimate honour. [/QUOTE]The "cultures" that capitalizes on this are the fundamentalists sects and organizations that hardly represent the broad public. And basically all cultures teaches this in one way or another, if you don't die for God then it's your country or your freedom you sacrifice yourself for. In times of war or other conflicts there easily rises a hero's cult or martyr's cult, these young men and women become heroes for the younger generation to admire and the ruling and/or war-mongering people to use to their advantage.
[ 06-27-2003, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Stratos ]