Rebel without a Religion? Ismail Ax

Rantz & Reckonings ^ | 4-20-07 | RA Sprinkle

[inpajamas]

There has much discussion over the meaning of the words "Ismail Ax" which were discovered written in red on the arm of Virginia Tech shooter Cho Sueng Hui when his body was found.

One of the most convincing and reasonable explanations I have read comes from an article by Jerry Bowyer entitled, Ismail Ax: The Shooter Was Another 'Son of Sacrifice'

Without going into the details of Bowyer's explanation, in his final paragraph Bowyer discusses one of Cho's writings and concludes,

"Cho Sueng-hui cum Ismail Ax hated the American society to which he had been brought 15 years earlier. His play McBeef (a poor pun from an English Lit major on Macbeth) is one endless screed against the corruption of American culture. A cheesy re-telling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, it involves a young man abused by his step-father, a former NFL football player. The son, throws epithets at his father calling him a ‘Catholic priest’. And makes derisive comments about McDonalds. It seems that none of the foundational structures of Western Civilization, Christianity, capitalism, family, are spared his rage. In other words, he really meant what he said in his last words: “you (that is us, America) made me do this.”

It seems apparent that there is a certain mind-set which some people develop that can manifest itself in various forms such as Nazism, Communism, Islam, or in this case, even an improvised freelance set of personal beliefs without a home. Furthermore, in western styled democracies there is a degree of this antagonism which works through ideologues who ascribe to the extreme right, or the even more prevailing leftist dogmas; although, other than instances involving activist such as Timothy McVeigh or Ted Kaczynski, reactions usually tend to be less extreme.

However, this catalyst of hatred can find a home in any civilization and Islamic culture has made an institution of it, which sees itself as a victim and everything else as an irredeemable evil which can only be destroyed.

I have no doubt that this is the spirit that built Islam and that currently Islam is the most visible example of this frame of mind.

But beware, Islam is not the only breeding ground, it is but one vehicle, and we would best remember how many people the Communists and Nazis slaughtered in their quest.

Islam is a conspicuous enemy but not the only one affected; there are other nations and societies, which if they come to possess enough power, will create a conducive environment in which the people can be convinced they are victims and the "us versus them" mentality can be exploited and flourish.

It is a mistake to believe that the force which drove this young man is not prevalent to varying degrees in many places. It would be easy to write-off what happened at Virginia Tech as an aberration which produces a few isolated cases from time to time. Notwithstanding, this mentality of hatred, if it gains traction within a society, can become mainstream and embedded in the cultural as evidenced by what took place in Germany 70 years ago, or what took place under Stalin or Mao, or what is occurring presently in Islamic societies.

[1234]

good post-difficult to add to it.

[TBP]

It’s clearly a Muslim reference.

[TheRiverNile]

Let me give you the bottom line: Cho was probably possessed by a demon.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

It seems that none of the foundational structures of Western Civilization, Christianity, capitalism, family, are spared his rage.

With an attitude like that it's surprising he didn't become a journalist.

[inpajamas]

"It seems that none of the foundational structures of Western Civilization, Christianity, capitalism, family, are spared his rage.

With an attitude like that it's surprising he didn't become a journalist."

It seems he was a journalist, he wrote material and produced videos -- but to be more serious, there are degrees of hatred and rage as there various reactions which they produce, Radical Islam responds much in the same way as Cho did, however, some liberal journalist share a similar hatred but are more aware and pragmatic in their thinking; thus, they choose to respond differently by using words instead of violence to destroy and tear apart society.