In Reply to: Bali Bombings Execution - Pressure posted by TutiN on Tuesday, 11. October 2005 at 12:11 Bali Time:
Once the death penalty is given, to avoid let's say 'uneasy feelings' with the Balinese, the penalty should be executed.
One should consider, also the Balinese, if death penalties for bombers might result in the stopping of hate, terrorism and wars.
In my humble opinion, the prime priority should be tracing the extremist imams who continuously, several times per day, preach hate and death in the moshes. These hate-drenched, deluded human beings completely distort the message brought by the prophet Mohammed, they brainwash especially the young people, programming them to become their living tools of terrorism.
Being part of a group, of any group (and especially of those of extreme fundamentalism) influences in particular the young people. The energy of group power, group will power, group standards, group morals, etc., is veryb stong, and is hard to revolt against if personal opinion doesn't fit with the 'group opinion'. It takes a lot of courage to revolt, especially in extreme fundamentalistic environments, in such cases.
Therefore, tracing the 'Speakers' of terrorism should have highest priority, have them convicted, replace them with truly spiritually oriented persons. Only then, gradually, doors may be opened that lead to peace for all at last.
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