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Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers?
An anonymous reader writes "As a follow up to their September 2008 article, IEEE Spectrum revisits the question of why a disproportionate number of terrorists have engineering degrees. According to their own summary of the interview with political scientist Steffen Hertog, 'nearly half of [individuals involved in political violence] with degrees have been engineers,' a rather ambiguous statement especially for a publication targeted at engineers. The interview makes some interesting points (lack of job opportunities for engineers despite a relatively high social status) and some suspect ones (e.g. framing Islamic culture into the western left vs. right politics). Above all, IEEE Spectrum tries really hard to associate engineers with terrorism for some reason."
Everyone knows that most Engineers are either Atheists, Agnostics, or Muslims. In all case, they have a messed-up worldview of God, so of course it makes sense that they would be terrorists. Most Engineers, like most in the scientific community have no rooting in moral absolutes, so in their view, it's perfectly OK to kill others. And because they are technically skilled, they have the means and knowledge to carry it out.
Boo hoo. Cry me a river.
In a capitalistic society, stealing another man's life savings is equivalent of propelling a bullet towards that man's head. You're basically arguing that the bullet killed the man, not the shooter.
I call bullshit. If I get stolen from the answer for me is not a bullet to my own fucking head. I am not that weak. If you are....Maybe you need a bullet to the brain before someone takes your money. Passing off weak ass people who do not have enough self worth to not kill themselves as victims is bullshit.
Madoff was an ass? Yes. He made some people poor and miserable? Yes. He was a murderer? Not even close.
Why is it so hard to only have politicians for a few years, then have them go away?
This is only equivalent in the algebra of a capitalist pig. Any normal, healthy person won't see things the same way.
I'm guessing the letter wasn't published because any man who is scared of a president who pulled us out of a fabricated war...
Wait, we pulled out of a war? Which one? Iran?
...when the one who openly and blatantly lied to the public in order to start one does not instill fear, lacks the basic facility of common sense.
So Obama opposed it, then? Or he just failed to do the same kind of basic research that basement nerds can somehow accomplish?
On a related note, Chuck Norris never scared me until now ;-)
You two Einsteins DO realize that the first letter was written by Lou Pritchett, and NOT Chuck Norris, yes?
Anyway, please excuse my protest, but it is WAY TOO SOON to start rewrite of history just yet.