Nov 28 2008
WorldView: In Mumbai, the Medium is the Motive
Why bother trying to decipher the motives of the butchers of Mumbai (or worse, go out of our way to actually defend them) when an all-Canadian MacLuhanesque explanation is available? To wit:
* The terrorists targeted Americans and Britons, but were also perfectly willing to slaughter anyone else who happened to be in their way.
* The attackers murdered Jews at a Jewish center that provided services to the local community and tourists
* The terrorists attacked a financial centre of Mumbai
* The killers attacked a hospital maternity ward
* The attack occurred in a country that has overwhelmingly embraced globalization and rejected tribal nationalism
So… why is there any confusion at all about what motivated the killers?
![[del.icio.us]](http://images.del.icio.us/static/img/delicious.small.gif){kind=small}
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
