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I can’t really think of much to add to the news about what happened in
London, other than to say it makes me feel very badly about what happened, and
the state of the world today.

Edit: I revised the first paragraph because I’m apparently unable to
quite put into words exactly the way I feel, and about why I feel being in the
Navy is helpful, and so it’s started more discussion than is worth it.

I wanted to point out a post by a Christian Mozilla hacker, Gervase Markham. He reminds us that according to Jesus, our enemies are just as deserving of our prayers as our allies. It’s something that I hope that all Christians out there keep in mind during the backlash that is sure to come against the Muslim community. Violence begets violence, hatred begets hatred. Nothing will ever change as long as we are pointing our guns at each other.

Just as we eradicated many diseases in industrialized nations by controlling their carriers (yellow fever, malaria, etc.) through habitat control and other means, I think the way to stop terrorism is to eliminate the conditions that spawn it as much as possible. So yes, let’s work to capture and stop the terrorists, but let us also work to stop good men and women from becoming terrorists in the first place, for in the end that way will be much more effective than playing whack-a-mole.

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