Terrorism
Terrorism is violent actions perpetrated to achieve some religious, political or social aims and to force governments to act.
Terrorism is not a phenomenon in itself. Terrorism per se does not exist; always an offshoot of fanaticism of religions, castes, languages or regions;always due to some grievance either real or perceived. But rulers do not view it as a consequential activity. Politicians say terrorism does not belong to any religion, caste or some such thing. No wonder governments try to control terrorist activities by inappropriate methods. Killing terrorists may bring some immediate relief and some mental satisfaction of revenge. But such revengeful retribution is retrograde. Such activities cannot eliminate terrorism as the basic cause remains un-mitigated. Counter terrorist activities using arms can be likened to symptomatic treatment resorted to when the diagnosis is uncertain. Medical science has not developed on the expected lines because not much attention is paid to etiological factors. Refining therapeutic armory has led only to prohibitively costly treatments besides dampening the quest for etiological enquiry.
Two concrete reasons for terrorism is well known. 1. Basic needs for a decent living not being met is an important reason for the Maoist terrorist activities. The so called civilized society and its democratically elected governments have miserably failed in this regard. 2. Religious fundamentalist ideas is another important cause for the violent activities in South West Asian region and Africa. Probably there is some poverty related element for the mushrooming of religious fundamentalism in those regions. This signifies the failure of conventional religions in mitigating the suffering of the people.
Control of terrorism needs a) Adequate and priority attention to poverty alleviation programmes. But governments, wasting huge economy on war gadgets and entertainment industry, is a grave folly and a wrong priority. b) Religious fundamentalism should be controlled by preaching moral values such as truth, honesty and humanism to the people. Materialistic society has totally abandoned the human values as unwanted. Huge sums splurged on election and cinema industry should be diverted to poverty alleviation schemes and to spread moral values among people in a concerted fashion

Ezhil,

If a terrorist was shooting at you what would you do, or hope that the police or someone else who was armed would do?

Another ranter.

Quote "Religious fundamentalism should be controlled by preaching moral values such as truth, honesty and humanism to the people".

Just what the Catholic church was doing while some priests were screwing the alter boys.

There have also been a number of cases where the imams were doing the same.

The morality of the teacher is not always what you want to be doing the job.

There is only one thing behind terrorism - Islam. All the talk about poverty, lack of education and so on is bumf. Islam is fighting a war against the West, and the West had better start fighting back if it wants to survive. 30,000 terrorists attacks since 9/11. So much for the 'war against terror' George W. Bush rabbited on about! Since that time, there have been more apologists for Muslim terror than there have been warriors. Idiots posing as heads of state are still whining 'why oh why?' after each atrocity, when most of us know why: it is Islam you fools and gutless wonders. It's well past the time you should have cut the head off the snake. And it's well past time for citizens to demand action and to replace politicians with real people.

' "Religious fundamentalism should be controlled by preaching moral values such as truth, honesty and humanism to the people".'

Just what secularist do while butchering unborn babies right up to birth.