[SAJ]

"The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture IS torture.
The object of power IS power. Now, do you begin to understand me?"

---- George Orwell, "1984", p. 217 (Pocket Books edition)

[firebrand]

Brilliant. Someone was remarking yesterday about how many of the recruits to ISIS are not Muslim but convert to Islam in order to fight. They just want to kill people, and ISIS is the best opportunity for that.