In the wake of Columbine High School’s 10th anniversary of the tragedy that took young lives, let’s look at how another high profile country treats insurgent behavior. Here in the United States, the state of mind of the perpetrator is always a factor. In Israel, often times they refer to violent acts perpetrated against innocent individuals as acts of terrorism. Their view actually makes sense. People who are doing insane harmful things for the benefit of perceived fame and attention are terrorizing their victims.
Israel against the terrorists
Therefore the people doing the violent acts are terrorists and by definition, terrorists do not deserve shows featuring countless psychoanalysts explaining their feelings. Terrorists go in with the intention of victimizing a group for the sole purpose of getting attention for their cause, and because of their twisted logic, many actually believe they are heroes or martyrs willing to die for their cause. Authorities in Israel have figured out their game, and actually have armed security in many of their public institutions, including schools. Of course, even if armed security is present in all of the institutions, the die hard terrorists will still attack, but the result is less casualties.
If the United States treated those who attacked any of our public institutions, all educational institutions included, the attention seeking “go out in a blaze of glory” bunch might be deterred, and only the die hard terrorist would remain. Lives could be saved by the mere act of showing the supposed psychopaths that consequences will be given. But in this country, people believe that guns alone are the enemy, not the person with the evil intention.
