Who Are We to Judge

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A lawyer for an Ohio trucker who pleaded guilty to plotting to destroy the Brooklyn Bridge asked a federal judge Friday to throw out the case on the grounds that the government illegally spied on him.
Iyman Faris' challenge is among the first to seek evidence of warrantless electronic eavesdropping by the National Security Agency, a practice that began after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Government officials have reportedly credited the practice with uncovering Faris' terrorist plot and several others.

You know what...so what. I’ve seen pictures of the Brooklyn Bridge, and I must say I’m not terribly impressed. The damn thing is over a century old.
Don’t our comrades in the great state of New York deserve something better? Newer, less masculine, and shinier perhaps?
Stupid NSA.
But the real issue here is, what did we expect? Those people blow sh** up, that is what they do. They can’t and shouldn’t be held to any higher standard than that. They just can’t help themselves. Can’t we see that?
Much like the uprisings over the Danish cartoons or the riots after the Rodney King episode, we must strive to understand that some people just can’t control themselves. Is it right to hold such people accountable? Well of course not. That would be judgmental.
The enlightened do not look at the actions of individuals, but the root causes of those actions. And do we not all wish to be seen as enlightened? Of course we do.
So let us not look at Mr. Faris’ attempted actions with disgust or anger. He was likely molested as a child. Or suffered from ADD. Or was a victim of discrimination. Or he simply hated all Americans for their support of the Zionists and their aims at world domination. Whatever.
We, as a society, need learn that personal responsibility is an obligation that should not be forced upon any whom we deem below us. We should not expect good behavior from these people. Our expectations only add to their bad behavior through the exertion of undue pressure on them to act in a civilized manner.
They simply need a time out. Some time alone to think about what they’ve done. And when they feel they can reenter the civilized world, we should welcome them with open arms. No need for retaliation and no onerous burden of high expectations.

Crossposted @ The Wide Awakes