Reply #134: That is not true

[davekriss]

Wait, yes, George W Bush was born with a silver spoon up his... well, you get my point. However, I'd sure like to see you support that assertion -- i.e., "most terrorists come from upper class families".

Well, first (mrcheerful) you equate "terrorists" with Muslims working for the glory of God. Don't forget our Christian glory workers like Timothy McVeigh. The McVeigh family fortune, wasn't that a string of HMO's designed to deny people needed healthcare for family profit? Wait, was that Cat Killer Frist? I often get my "upper class" families mixed up.

Then there's the Symbionese Liberation Army. Sure, they kidnapped Patty Hearst, but how about the rest of this "terrorist" organization? Was it Yolanda and Teko Harris that founded a national burger chain? Bo Little's family created the great steel monopolies at the start of the industrial age? Which SLA founding member careened around our nation's posh country clubs before going urban guerrilla?

While I don't disagree with you that a craven desire for money is not what motivates someone to sacrifice all for their beliefs (albeit in many cases mis-guided, delusional beliefs). It is something else. Often a hunger for justice, sometimes just a desire for control. Sometimes just for a feeling of being part of something bigger than themselves. But it would be news to me if "most terrorists come from upper class families", and I would like to see your evidence for that (and I hope it's more than the various MSM propoganda we get about OBL's merry clan).