All these American teens rushing to join ISIS reminds me of the hippy radicals of the 60s who would go "underground" and join the weathermen or the black panthers... kidnap people and throw malatov cocktails... they eventually grew out of it and went on to wall street (the ones who weren't sent to jail.)
Its like something they get all passionate about when they're young but when they get older they are a little more prudent.
I honestly believe these ISIS joining teens are just trying to piss off their parents. Problem is, by the time they are old enough to know better they'll be dead.
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Well said. Teenagers have a tendency to adopt radical views of any sort to add some deeper meaning to their lives. I guess concept of getting education, a steady job/income, starting family and carry on working until retirement is not attractive enough (or simply boring) for many.
Luckily the vast majority of those rebelled teens will balance their views as the times goes by, often making 180 degrees turns.
If I have any compassion at all for that 17-year old, it's simply because of his young age.
On a side note, if he had replaced "ISIS" with "anti-Syrian rebels", he probably would only be facing getting pat in the back from the gov.
