OP-ED: BOREDOM OPENS THE DOOR TO ISOLATION, DEPRESSION, AND TERRORISM – SO OFFER ALTERNATIVES
January 3rd, 2021
WHEN governments talk about how to reduce the risk of terrorism, the most oft-voiced policies are security-based: detecting and cracking down on extremist cells and targeting online propaganda.
But the reality is that a more effective way of reducing societies’ exposure to criminal groups seeking to achieve political ends through violence and fear is simply to make regular life more interesting.
“Idle hands are the devil's workshop,” is a phrase often paraphrased from the Christian Bible and this is true.
Busy people with emotionally and intellectually ...
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