Jihadi John
The unmasking of the internet executioner known as Jihadi John has driven the British chattering classes into a frenzy of hand-wringing. What strange forces can have turned an ordinary London schoolboy into a depraved monster able to decapitate another human being?
His puzzled schoolteachers, parents, Mosque and the media have all wrestled with various possible explanations. Apparently Mohammed Emwazi suffered bullying at school. His former head teacher said he was a misfit loner. Apparently he was never the same after hitting his head on a goalpost during a game of soccer.
A similar mystery surrounds the three east London schoolgirls who have taken it upon themselves to leave school and jet off to Syria to become “brides of ISIS”. The Spectator said that it must have been an online crush similar to a schoolgirl infatuation with Justin Bieber. Apparently 60 other Muslim girls have made the same journey.
All of these “British” school children were brought up on welfare in free housing, enjoyed free health care and free education in one of the most tolerant societies in the world. What on earth caused them to act in this way? ...
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