Okay........one more go round. The reporter states, almost excuses, his tormentors by claiming he UNDERSTANDS their anger. This alone puts it all in perspective for him as he is an observer/conduit of all he sees.

"I don't want this to be seen as a Muslim mob attacking a Westerner for no reason. They had every reason to be angry - I've been an outspoken critic of the US actions myself. If I had been them, I would have attacked me."

Then you state:
>"He is confessing to his own barbaric nature here and doesn't even realize it - he is the one so full of hate that he attract hate in turn. He is the violent one who attracts violence."

I completely disagree with you here.
He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

If that line is true, then the US "desrved" the violence from 9/11 because of the violence it has perpetrated on the Middle East these past couple of decades.
Right??

Karmic justice was not "getting him".

I have a personal philosophy to live and let live.
Revenge is not the answer, old Mother Karma will get them. So, in a way, my philosophy mirrors yours to a degree. But there are plenty of others who have ridden hard on their detractors, their competition or their enemies who are sitting fat and happy somewhere.
Does karma ever get THEM
?
Dictators who have been responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of people live to ripe old ages, surounded by wealth and opulence.
Oh, your answer is.....they'll be back the next go round as a cripple and beggar to spend the rest of their life getting kicked around the streets.

Whether this "karma" really exists or not, is hard to prove, depending on your "religion".

But it always behooves one to err on the side of caution.......
;~)

>"Clearly Mr. Fisk is completely ignorant of the 'mirror principle' which demonstrates that what you see in others and bias strongly - is really within yourself."

Therefore all the hatred, drooling knee-jerk re-actions to kill the Islamic peoples (at first it was the just the Taliban......you watch, OUR hatred of Islam will not stop with Bin Laden's death or capture), then what I see HERE on this board and in this administration should demonstrate what these people actually are THEMSELVES.

Your point is well taken.