BudAshes
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- Jul 20, 2003
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You do realize there are a considerable number of engineers, computer scientists, and even some medical doctors in the ranks of ISIS, right? Everyone universally says oh, I thought they were relatively pious, but I had no idea they were extremist...
While there's no doubt a lack of literacy contributes a small amount to the overall problem, you are vastly overstating the impact.
You aren't looking quite deep enough. The key is to control the stupid and ignorant for these people. They are obviously smart and educated, but their tools of destruction, not so much. This makes it incredibly easy for them to manipulate the large masses of uneducated and brainwashed peons for their own ends.
The key to declawing any chauvinistic and violent society is to educate and empower the women. The dogma and rhetoric behind the violence is basically irrelevant. Christian societies have inflicted as much pain and death as anyone else, despite the New Testament. It wasn't until people were actually able to read the bible instead of just being manipulated by people who told them what was in it, that they started to take a turn toward civilization and away from brutal dictatorships.