Boston

What drove the Boston bombers to do what they did?

Flannery Dean reflects on the the tragedy in Boston and tries to make sense of the devastation caused by two young brothers. (Chatelaine)

The Tsarnaev’s are the kinds of people who believe that their anger is so meaningful — so infinitely worthy of attention — that it must find external expression. Selfishly they chose to make others feel the weight of their rage by inflicting pain and sorrow. That is who they are and that is why they did what they did. Call them terrorists, criminals, bad people, extremists, radicalized, or simply corrupt — it doesn’t really matter. Human beings prove themselves by their actions. The names we give them just help us to organize the excuses we come up with to try and understand them.
''Tellement triste ceux qui ont la rage au coeur, inconcevable ceux qui la propage; la rage est une maladie mortelle''