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Interesting stuff.

By The Armorer on October 28, 2005 | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (15)

If you haven't read this, you should.

Psychology of Suicide Bombers, over at the Counterterrorism Blog.

Milestone: Jim B from Kansas posted comment 20,000. And mentioned Quantrill and Liberals in the same comment!

Administrivia: For those of you who will be participating in the Project Valour-IT blogathon shortly - here are the flyers that Fuzzy is mentioning.

All Flyers for you hi-speed guys.

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Flyers Have Arrived!! from Fuzzilicious Thinking on October 28, 2005 5:23 PM

The flyers mentioned above are now hosted over at Argghhh! (thank you, thank you, John!). There are a variety to choose from, depending on which benefits of Valour-IT you what to emphasize, or what style you think will most appeal to those you are ta... Read More

Wounded Warfighters - How to Help from Righty in a Lefty State on October 28, 2005 5:56 PM

First, some great news for SFC Buzz Richardson, who I wrote about here Read More

How You Can Help Wounded Marines from Common Sense Runs Wild on October 29, 2005 12:48 PM

I linked earlier in the week to From My Position...On The Way! where Chuck told you all about Project Valour-IT (Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops). Here's more information on the program. Every cent raised for Project Valour IT goes... Read More

How You Can Help Wounded Marines, Soldiers, Sailors, And Airmen from Common Sense Runs Wild on October 29, 2005 12:50 PM

I linked earlier in the week to From My Position...On The Way! where Chuck told you all about Project Valour-IT (Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops). Here's more information on the program. Every cent raised for Project Valour IT goes... Read More

I’ve Joined The Marine Team from BIG DOG's WEBLOG on October 29, 2005 4:53 PM

As many of you know this old Dog is a retired United States Soldier. I am proud to have served my country and am willing to go back if ever needed to end the reign of terror throughout the world. There are many patriots out there and they are coming... Read More

Calling All Bloggers - "Green Light!!! GO!!!" from BLACKFIVE on November 2, 2005 1:16 AM

At that time I had no use of either hand. I know how humbling it is, how humiliating it feels. And I know how much better I felt, how amazingly more functional I felt, after Soldiers' Angels provided me with Read More

Real Support for the Troops... from Right-Wing of the Gods on November 2, 2005 8:12 AM

Soldier's Angels is sponsoring a fundraiser called Valour-IT inspired by Captain Chuck Ziegenfuss at TC Override, a military blogger that was wounded in Iraq. the goal is to raise money to buy laptops and voice-operated software for those soldiers un... Read More

Of Course I Will Be Signing Up For The ARMY! from Technicalities on November 2, 2005 8:23 AM

Yes, it is set to begin... The Valor-IT battle for supremacy friendly competition to raise money for one of the most worthy causes out there. Project Valor IT Blackfive - with his mega huge readership and years of Army experience... Read More

Valour-IT Blogging Fundraiser Competition Begins Today! from Mudville Gazette on November 2, 2005 1:17 PM

What is a "Valour-IT Blogging Fundraiser Competition" you ask? Project Valour-IT is a Soldiers Angels project dedicated to provide voice-controlled software and laptop computers to wounded Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines recovering from hand and ... Read More

Calling All Bloggers - "Green Light!!! GO!!!" from BLACKFIVE on November 2, 2005 5:07 PM

At that time I had no use of either hand. I know how humbling it is, how humiliating it feels. And I know how much better I felt, how amazingly more functional I felt, after Soldiers' Angels provided me with Read More

Join The Navy And Raise Some Coin from The Jawa Report on November 2, 2005 9:38 PM

I'm joining the Navy team for Project Valour-IT. Give early, give often. Now would be a good time to spend like a drunken sailor. Oh, what is the Valour-IT fundraising about? Click here to find out. For more info about... Read More

Valour-IT Blogging Fundraiser Competition from Mudville Gazette on November 3, 2005 1:34 PM

IMPORTANT UPDATES: We now have A designated page for bloggers to join the team of their choice (AIRFORCE): Project Valour-IT Competition Blogger Sign-Up For those that believe the Air Force is not in the thick of things in this war... Read More

Valour-IT Still Need Your Help! from Small Town Veteran on November 3, 2005 7:40 PM

(Previous posts here and here.) From the Valour-IT home page:Project Valour-IT(Voice-Activated Laptops for OUR Injured Troops)In memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss Project Valour-IT, in memory of SFC William V. Ziegenfuss, provides voice-controlled s... Read More

VALOUR-IT FUNDRAISER from Bad Example on November 5, 2005 3:47 PM

Matty O'Blackfive says it so well that I'm pretty much stealing his post, except I fixed the typos where he talked about supporting the Army team. Valour-IT's online fundraising competition begins today! Let's see who can raise the most money... Read More

You Can Make a Difference- Be A Part of Project Valour-IT from Theodore's World on November 5, 2005 9:58 PM

Thank you Cox and Forkum A friendly fundraising competition for Project Valour-IT is happening in the blogging world. Dates for this: November 2nd through Veterans Day (the 11th). Why do you ask?:Because giving wounded warriors with hand and arm injuri... Read More

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By Dad29 on October 28, 2005 12:41 PM
Interesting link. Personally, I can't buy the "sexual repression" take that the film-maker has, but the zealotry angle is credible. Has to do with the heresy of Mohammed, whose invented religion, while based in the Judaeo-Christian tradition, veers off and denies the Trinity. For Christians, the Trinity affirms (infinitely) love.
 
By Barb on October 28, 2005 2:31 PM
That's pretty chilling, when you think about it. We are fighting a war, but the cause of it is something that hasn't even been addressed, really.
 
By kat-missouri on October 28, 2005 3:06 PM
you know, the writer might not be totally wrong on the repression issue. I think when people see that they automatically think of freudian concepts of the Oedipus complex. But, if you really understood what this guy was saying (and what freud meant) is that the guys are missing tenderness, closeness and womanly love which is generally considered to be the softening touch. you know, who told you to stop fighting more? your mom or your dad? In the western culture we have a tradition of romantic heroes that do things for the love of a woman. Islam used to have that tradition, but it got stomped out in the intervening years of religious duty over taking secular pleasures. Think about why the Spanish inquisition was able to go on and last so long. Or why burning witches/heretics at the stake was popular in some countries. You almost always see extreme cruelty occur in periods of extra special puritanical behavior. the fervor for god replaces the fervor for secular and sexual pleasure; it's the replacement emotional outlet that, when practiced in it's extreme is quite orgiastic. You ever see a man speak in tongues? Even when some of these men are married, it is very likely that they were virgins at the time. Not a bad thing in a general sense but when that includes the idea that sex is sinful (which they already get the idea from the pre-marital life) and they probably have some functional issues considering all the repression to that time that can damage the ego. And think, why would the mother believe that it is better to die a shaheed and have virgins in heaven than to live and give her grandchildren? Can you imagine the repressed life of a woman behind the veil married to a man who believes that women are only useful as child bearers and house keepers? She most likely has not experienced any pleasure herself. Better the son dies than to inflict or suffer the same fate. We are talking about the subconscious here, not necessarily a conscious decision making
 
By Alan on October 28, 2005 9:31 PM
My heavens, you run a good blog, John. I don't even read the posts some days just to get to the discussion you trigger.
 
By John of Argghhh! on October 28, 2005 10:04 PM
I just have an eclectic readership, Alan. I'm just the catalyst...
 
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