A Bit of Commentary on the Boston Bombing

I am still sick but the end is in sight, I believe. The events of the last few days has roused me enough to make some comment.

My heart goes out to all the people of Boston and especially to those who were injured in the bomb blasts and to their families and the families of those that were killed.

Who knows what causes people to do such horrible things? The one thing that is apparent is the ages of the two in this and in many terrorist attacks. Late teens, early to mid twenties, and sometimes (though rarely) in the early thirties. I was young once and maybe quite foolish but I was never so foolish as to believe in causes so deeply that I would happily kill or die in their name.

I have known people who joined cults and I think that willingness to do so is a major part of the make-up of people who get caught up in these things.

I am grateful that my father taught me to be cynical.