Dear Editor,
Your editorial [, Jan. 8 91原创 Views, 91原创 Advance] was insightful and true.
But there is one view of extreme and violent behaviour that is seldom explored, which you touched on correctly when you said that all organized religions stress 芒鈧揵eing good to each other.芒鈧�
You went on to say, 芒鈧揌ow does that ever, in any sane mind, translate into suicide bombings and beheadings and murders?芒鈧�
Exactly: 芒鈧撁⑩偓娄in any sane mind芒鈧γ⑩偓聺
In my opinion, violent reactions are the act of an insane mind. When any person chooses murder as an action, that is an act of insanity, open and shut case.
We can talk about bullying, radicalization, religious fervor. We can even consider the psychological, cultural, and economic climates that murderers grew up in, to give us explanations of such horrible behaviour, but the bottom line is they are guilty by virtue of insanity. And what can we do about that?
I don芒鈧劉t know. I am only one person, and I can only live my own life, in my corner of the world, in my backyard, with as much sanity as possible and hope it芒鈧劉ll rub off.
My Merriam Webster dictionary defines 芒鈧搒ane,芒鈧� in part, as 芒鈧揳ble to anticipate and appraise the effect of one芒鈧劉s actions.芒鈧�
Maybe toning down the ego some, and an awareness of the effect of my actions on others on a regular basis is all that I can do to help our world.
Paula Lemke, 91原创
