Saturday, August 27, 2005
Suicide bombers, poor rural military recruits and sex
Richard Bennett correctly identifies the sublimation of sex as a rationale for suicide bombers; what he missed is the connection between sexual potency and poverty and lack of opportunity. Lack of opportunity- it can be religiously imposed or due to poverty; but you know what? This exists everywhere - even in the US- and one side effect of poverty is alienation from one's self and one's community and society, with the resulting either a gross over-exaggeration of sexual performance or impotency. Either way, it's dysfunctional sexual behavior.
Rx: Gang of Four's songs:
They were probably after Richard's time...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment