There are some actions which are alien, and frankly repugnant, in other societies. But there are other some actions which are simply obscene on the face of it, and the utilitarian or casuistical logic which justifies them are perverse and simply brook no comprehension beyond the fact that they take humans to their logical ends as a means to some greater purpose.
If this is true, this seems like a case in point, Afghan Girl Tricked Into Carrying Bomb, Officials Say:
Insurgents tricked an 8-year-old girl in a remote area of central Afghanistan into carrying a bomb wrapped in a cloth and then detonated the bomb remotely when she was close to a police vehicle, the Afghan authorities said Sunday.
Only the girl was killed in the blast, which occurred in Uwshi Village of Charchino District, said Fazal Ahmad Shirzad, the police chief of Uruzguan Province.
Mr. Shirzad said he believed that the girl was completely unaware that the bag that she had been given by Taliban insurgents held a bomb. The girl’s body was later “taken to a nearby security check post and the police called her relatives, “ he said.
Even if the authorities are lying and the girl knew what she was doing, if she was 8 years old I think it is reasonable to assert that she couldn’t truly consent to becoming a suicide bomber. She was too young.
In any case, I’m really sick of hearing conservative Muslims talk about how decadent and perverted the West is. This is decadence and perversion. Meanwhile, people are killing themselves for god knows what in Iraq.