Summit Against Violent Extremism

Sunnyisland

"The Summit Against Violent Extremism” will be held from June 26th to 29th in Dublin. In the Google mold of thinking outside the box and exploring new uncharted tech frontiers, they have set their sites on wrestling with the worlds Achilles heal: Dispossessed members of society who revert to violent extremism.

Terrorism and violent extremism can be seen as the # 1 threat to mankind as we set sail into the 21st century. The world is now a starship of hi tech weaponry and WMD that can cause massive casualties to society. Once it took an army to inflict great amounts of casualties, now a single committed extremist can unleash a world of hurt on many, with the push of a button,or by opening a vial.So what is at the root of this disconnect with the rest of society that can bring such violent consequences to the rest of the world? That’s what Google coupled with the Council of Foreign Relations is preparing to discover at this Dublin conference where over 50 ex-violent extremists, including Neo-Nazis, Islamic fundamentalists and drug gang members will gather to discuss what brought them to extremism. They will be in discussion with victims of terrorism, diplomats, academics, civil society organizations and the private sector. What are the root causes? What can be done to bring them in from the terrorist cold?(copied from Irish central)


Do you think summits like this are of any use or are they just ex members trying to keep them selfs important ?

orourkeda

I'd batter them

Morlar

Personally I don't like the idea of this. Google are a company not a government department or an NGO or a policy think tank. A company just like microsoft or ford or toyota.

Vicxas

This thread makes me violent...

biko

No facebook page?

Kev_ps3

Load of BS. Bet there was no one there that is invading and killing thousands or brutally occupying others like the Americans Brits and Israelis.

baalthor

Are the COFR sponsoring or participating ?

stovelid

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Load of BS. Bet there was no one there that is invading and killing thousands or brutally occupying others like the Americans Brits and Israelis.

Only way of putting down pesky native insurrections.

Seachmall

Why don't we get all the extremists to sit down and have a nice chat?

I'll put the kettle on.

Badgermonkey

Morlar wrote: »

Personally I don't like the idea of this. Google are a company not a government department or an NGO or a policy think tank. A company just like microsoft or ford or toyota.

That's a huge plus imo.

NGO's are as much an industry as tech companies btw.

Sunnyisland

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

Load of BS. Bet there was no one there that is invading and killing thousands or brutally occupying others like the Americans Brits and Israelis.

Maybe you should head there yourself it might cool you down

OutlawPete

Who cares what a pub in Howth is against or not.

Sunnyisland

It is with great symbolism that Dublin is the location for this first gathering. This is where great sacrifice, blood, sweat and tears were shed in order to bring a lasting peace to a violent part of the world. It is where parties sat down and discussed their differences and found a solution to the violence that plagued them for years. They showed the rest of the world how it’s done.
(copied from Irish central)

Some praise for our country for a change.

Kev_ps3

realies wrote: »

Maybe you should head there yourself it might cool you down

I am cool, just making a comment:rolleyes:

Sunnyisland

Kev_ps3 wrote: »

I am cool, just making a comment:rolleyes:

Seemed a very one sided comment to me.

brimal

Read this yesterday - absolutely disgusting

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/26/afghanistan-taliban-girl-bomb-police

Taliban insurgents used an eight-year-old girl carrying a bag of explosives to attack a police checkpost in central Afghanistan, the Afghan government said on Sunday, making her one of the youngest child bombers of the decade-old conflict.

The incident took place in Char Chino district of central Uruzgan province, the interior ministry said. "The insurgents handed over a bag with a homemade bomb to an eight-year-old girl and asked her to take it to police forces," it added.

"As the girl was getting close to the police, it exploded and killed the girl."

It was the latest in a string of unusual attacks on both sides of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Sunnyisland

Is that just another continuation of the child soldier as has been done previously in African conflicts.

Mike 1972

Seachmall wrote: »

Why don't we get all the extremists to sit down and have a nice chat?

I'll put the kettle on.

Death to all fanatics !

im invisible

well, they have to do summat'

mike65

Maybe they should hold this in Belfast rather than Dublin. Or is it still too er violently extreme?

Chuck Stone

Last time I looked it was statutory violence which has been killing people by the thousand.

The US in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Israel in Lebanon and Gaza.

Pakistan in Baluchistan

Russia in Chechenya and Georgia

The Ivory Coast civil war

Darfur

North and South Korea.

Anyone for balance?

mike65

Chuck Stone wrote: »

Last time I looked it was statutory violence which has been killing people by the thousand.


North and South Korea.

Missed that war. Or are you referring to 1950-53?

Sunnyisland

OutlawPete wrote: »

Who cares what a pub in Howth is against or not.

It took me a while but got ya

Mike 1972

mike65 wrote: »

Missed that war. Or are you referring to 1950-53?

Technically the war never ended.

Theyre just observing a ceasefire.

tricky D

OutlawPete wrote: »

Who cares what a pub in Howth is against or not.

It's a trap! The Gaffneys have come down from their lofty throne and already conquered the Waterside. They are now pillaging the Gem trade. When their Sith partners, the Wrights are revealed, there'll be blood streaming everywhere.

The King of Moo

I'm sure there's good intentions behind this from some people involved, but I don't see what they're going to achieve. Even if they somehow converted all violent extremists to pacifism and political moderation, violent extremism is caused by such a huge variety of things that it's possible to stamp it out.
Generally it comes from people being unhappy with their overall social or political situation to the extent that they see violence as an acceptable response.
You can't keep everyone happy so I fear that violent extremism will always crop up in some way or another and you can only deal with it when it happens.