Richard Reid, the attempted shoe bomber, has revealed that his motivation was seeing Jews with guns in a mosque. This is important to hear, because, to defeat one’s enemy, you must understand how his mind works. So here is what we know so far:
Subject: Richard Reid
Status: Radical Muslim
Stimuli: Jews with guns
Initial Emotion: Anger
Final Reaction: “Must… blow-up… shoes!”
Hmm… interesting, but more data is needed. I say we subject him to a Presbyterian with a machete and a Hindu with a taser and watch what article of clothing he tries to explode.
It’s obvious, actually:
stimuli:Jews with guns
primary response: blow up Jews
warped self-preservation instinct: but they have guns, I might get hurt. Lets blow up something else … hmmm… shoes! that sounds like jews, but they can’t fight back… much better plan.
ultimate response: blow up shoes
Only unanswered question remaining: Why did the Jews have guns in the first place? Did the muslim? Most likely they didn’t get a gun for Chanukka (from the US), like all the other Israeli children…