> What should be emphasised in this context, I think, is that better communication and dissemination of ideas and their open discussion is probably exactly what would kill the likes of ISIS: their ideology does not even come close to holding up to close scrutiny, it should come as a surprise to absolutely no one sane. So the easier exposure to culture and ideas is for everyone on the planet, the harder their ilk would find it to spread their poison.
This is exactly my view. Bullets and bombs might be necessary expedients in the short term (to prevent needless slaughter and the destruction of irreplaceable historical artefacts) but they will not win this "war".
We have to show the people that the terrorists are trying to convert that there is a better way by living it.
What the French, US and UK governments are doing is absolutely the wrong thing. You cannot defeat authoritarianism with a different kind of authoritarianism.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
