Now that the Holiday Season approaches, it may be apropos to comment on ISIS. ISIS appears to represent the fear of organized civilization – that existentialist factions would one day organize, weaponize, and wreak anarchy. While we all condemn their actions, we must equally face the dilemma that we created them. Created them as a disillusioned parent attempts to reconcile the upbringing of their serial killer offspring.

From my limited perspective, I take solace that in the face of extreme Evil, Good is equally flourishing. The unintended outcome of ISIS is the comradery of otherwise strange bedfellows in re-evaluating their own values and actions. I likewise perceive ISIS as akin to Ebola, thankfully killing its host so quickly, it becomes a collective suicide. May they find their inevitable fate as quickly and painfully.

While we won’t be hanging ISISICLES this Season, no doubt we will recall the names of the sacrificed souls of the ISIS tragedy. They are the eternal heroes of this chapter.

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