So ISIS is threatening to behead a British relief worker...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

who was in the Middle East to provide relief to Muslims affected by all the fighting... They sent a video to his parents.

That is beyond f--ked up.

[customerserviceguy]

1. Yes, it is

which is why everybody from the West should leave them completely alone, unless they want to get their heads cut off.

[SammyWinstonJack]

2. ...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. I don't think the relief worker was bothering ISIS. He was providing succor to those in distress.

That strikes me as noble.

[customerserviceguy]

9. And you see where his nobility got him

I guess it didn't earn him enough 'good-guy karma' to keep him safe. Dying for 'our' religion makes no more sense than what 'they' do to get their 72 virgins.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. What makes you infer that his decision to help Muslims in distress was religion based?

As I understand it relief workers do put themselves in danger but the danger usually comes from getting caught up in the crossfire. It doesn't come from being deliberately targeted.

[customerserviceguy]

19. Religious, philosophical

What's the difference? It still got him into the predicament he's in.

Cub reporters and do-gooders need to sit down for an intervention from their families and loved ones, and listen to their "Why you should not ever go to Islamic trouble spots" speeches. And then take the advice given.

[VanillaRhapsody]

4. Uh wut? You do understand there are Americans living close by right?

I guess we should have just left Germany alone too.....

[morningfog]

6. Okay. Moratorium on invoking WWII.

Because it makes this discussion board look stupid.

[VanillaRhapsody]

7. Why? Are they not committing genocide? Heard of the Yadzidi?

Convert or die....and this is not just some tribal bullshit.....these guys have gotten their hands on money oil and warfare....

[morningfog]

10. Be afraid. Muslim nazis!

[VanillaRhapsody]

13. So no one else ever committed genocide?

Besides....we have company this time...

[morningfog]

15. NAZIS!!!!!!

[VanillaRhapsody]

16. so says you....is that all you got?

[morningfog]

18. For you? Absolutely.

For those who are here in good faith to discuss important issues, I have much more.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I don't want my simple point to be lost.

Why would someone want to lob off the dome of a relief worker?

[customerserviceguy]

11. Because he's a Westerner

who went somewhere that got him in over his head, so he's going to lose that head over it.

Stay away from radical religionists, let them fight each other. That's the way the Chinese did it 500 years ago when Europe had that whole Catholic/Protestant tiff.

[VanillaRhapsody]

17. then lets just send Southern Baptists!

[morningfog]

14. Which is why people shouldn't post stupid

Things meant to derail.

To your point. It is wrong to kill anyone. It is wrong to kill an aid worker too. They do it because they are engaged in asymmetrical war. We can level cities to achieve our political goals. They have to resort to highly propagandized murders. The end is the same: dead innocents.

We both use civilian lives to achieve our political ambitions. It is sad that in 2014 humans haven't learned of better ways.

[99Forever]

5. I avoid hornets nests.

Some people don't and then they have problems and wonder why.

[kwassa]

20. I wiped out two hornets nests about a month ago ...

They posed a threat to my family. I got stung twice in the process, but they lost. No more hornets nests.