SHOULD TERRORISTS BE FORGIVEN?

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🗓️ 13 January 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

A homework assignment, asking kids to write a response to the
point of view that 'all terrorists should be forgiven', has caused
an uprising by their parents and social media! Indeed, the first
reaction is to be appalled at the very idea of forgiveness in
light of the countless terror attacks that have been causing
death, destruction and despair worldwide.

But, is the answer so black and white? There are instances of
people becoming vulnerable to terrorists’ influence because of
traumatic personal experiences they’ve had-does this justify
forgiveness? Can we forgive them if they’ve only donated a little
money to a terrorist cause, but not if they actually hurt someone?

Dr. Carole delves into these gray areas by comparing a lovelorn
beauty queen who supported her terrorist love interest by
sending him money over the internet with the London Bridge
terrorist who pretended to be de-radicalized until he went on a
lethal attack.

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0:00.0	This is Renegate Talk Radio.
0:04.3	Renegate Talk Radio.
0:12.7	Welcome to the terrorist therapist show on Renegade Talk Radio with your host, Dr. Carroll,
0:18.1	though you may not realize that the ongoing threat of terrorism is affecting your life and that of your loved ones. Each week, Dr. Carroll, though you may not realize that the ongoing threat of terrorism is affecting
0:21.2	your life and that of your loved ones. Each week, Dr. Carroll analyzes the hottest topics in terror
0:25.9	and helps you and your family reach your dreams despite living in a time of terror. The Should terrorists be forgiven?
1:03.1	Welcome to the terrorist therapist show.
1:05.5	I'm Dr. Carroll, your terrorist therapist, a psychiatrist, and someone who tries each week to give you the
1:15.3	stories that you don't necessarily hear or see in mainstream media, or that maybe they're
1:23.5	just given a little spot, a little mention on the corner somewhere, and that really
1:29.8	are worthwhile looking at for all of the different philosophical and psychological questions
1:38.4	that they bring up.
1:40.4	So today is a good example considering the question, should terrorists be forgiven.
1:47.2	And it first came to my mind by seeing an article about students in England who were given a homework assignment that asked them to imagine that they are parents of the Manchester
2:03.4	bombing victims and would they be able to forgive the Manchester bomber?
2:11.8	At first, I reacted to this article by posting on LinkedIn.
2:18.9	What?
2:21.3	Just when... Can we start again?
2:30.3	Should terrorists be forgiven?
2:35.2	Welcome to the terrorist therapist show.
2:37.7	I'm Dr. Carroll, a psychiatrist, and you are a terrorist therapist.
2:42.8	Well, you know that each week I try to bring you stories that you most likely didn't see,
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