So i can only really talk about people in my own country. But it seems that most extremist muslims in Australia are actually born here. They are then brainwashed into thinking that the country of their origin is some perfect world and it is infact 'the west' that's the shithole. They also see the Media spin the war and think to themselves that the country they are seeing bombed could of held them and their family and they naturally feel anger. I know i would be feel hatred if America suddenly started to bomb the UK (even if the UK did do something to 'deserve' it). The problem has always stemmed from governments attempts at instilling nationalism into it's citizens. I know in Australia those that seem to wave the flag and scream the loudest about how much they love Australia are usually those that with the same breath will denounce and racially slur those that hold other belief systems than their own.

It's easy to disenfranchise teens, they need very little pushing in the best of circumstances. With all the hatred being highlighted by the Media from and towards Muslims it's very easy to think they are we're all the same and it's very easy for everyone to think everyone else is against them. The main problem is that these 'extremists' simply haven't experienced daily life in countries that they think are their homes. It's totally different going for a 'holiday' (i use quotes here as joining up with ISIL for a week and blowing shit up is, for some, a holiday) in a country and dealing with the daily grind. The daily grind is what their parents have fled from to be able to give them a chance of a better life. I don't feel anger towards these people, i simply feel pity.

Recently we had a 18 year old shot by police after he stabbed 2 officers. I feel nothing but sadness by all of this. I'm by no means terrorified. Annually something like 300,000 people die from drowning. The stats on terrorist activity is something like 300-500 deaths a year globally. This weekend I plan on going to the beach and taking a swim.

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