I hope Homeland Security takes note.

Hey, Terry. What 'cha got in that suitcase?

If freedom is bad, then oppression must be good. - - Possibly Terry's closing line, first draft.

If this is how he really feels, I say we lock his butt up in jail for the next 30 years. 

The liberal MSM has become an enemy of the USA.

Sounds to me like he has decided to become an appologist for Islam. I wouldn't be surprized if he changes his name to Mohammed Al Moroni. Islam teaches that men must be protected from temptation, sometimes by force. They are incapable of ignoring it. That is what is beside the Burqa and all the oppression of women, whom Islam cares nothing about.

Notice that the most free society (America) hasn't produced very many terrorists at all and the most oppressive societies (USSR, North Korea, Cambodia, Ethiopia, etc) hven't produced very many either. It only seems to be Islamic societies that produce terrorists in copious quantities.

But of course, Moran doesn't care about investigating the issue or even just thinling about it for a few minutes, he would rather just write stuff that makes it seem as if Western Society is to blame for those who hate it

The "convert or die" method has been part of Islam since its inception.  "Modernity" should have the effect of moderating the barbaric tencencies of a civilization.  SO, once again, Mr. Moron is wrong.

Moran's premise is junk psychology:

To be a modern person is to be an insecure person. By that I mean insecure in one's identity in relation to others. Rootlessness, anonymity, transience--these are the conditions that make many of us who we are in the modern world.

All people experience insecurity with respect to their self-awareness and in contrast to others around them.  This is as old as Mankind itself.

Moran also defines the "modern person" in a "modern world" as rootless, anonymous and transcient.  While this may describe a small population of people in totality, not many people embrace all three qualifiers.  Yes, we are a more transient workforce, moving more often for employment sake.  Yes, new locations and big cities feel anonymous, but the human spirit, as social animal, will prevail for most and friendships blossom.  Having roots, or taking roots, is a function of an individual's perception and desire plus or minus familial relationships.  Rarely are all three constituents missing.

Moran sounds like he is verbalizing his freshman year at college or his move to the big city angst.  Big changes to create opportunity for reflection on one's place in the world.  Most people figure things out as their work and life unfold, their "place" becomes self evident. 

Moran also fails to recognize that the "staggering social change in our species" has been a slow process.  Also, how does his theory fit for people that are born into city life?  Do they feel "modernity's" rootlessness and transcience?  Are they anonymous, without friendships?  And, the issue is not the city itself since the problem occurs outside of cities.  Don't people leave the country because they do not have a place there socially, monetarily or intellectually?  People can feel alienated in the country, even if it is their place of birth.  The city, then, is seen as a place for a fresh start, an new opportunity for whatever ails the individual. 

They problem he alludes to are people who are confused, unhappy and angry that the world isn't what they want it to be, with the root issue that they are unable to negotiate the mismatch of expectations and realities with behaviourally acceptable methods. 

Moran uses modernity and cities as a crutch to absolve an individuals responsibility to conduct themselves in a socially acceptable manner.  He also marginalizes human's ability and social and instinctual requisite to adapt. 

We are not now nor ever have been island's to ourselves.  This article alerts me to the possibility of Terry suffering from major depression.  It certainly is melancholic in nature.  Or is it an apology for terrorists?  Disconcerting either way.