The Westminster Attack: Savagery Versus Civilization

Dan Sanchez writes: Massood's attack was a barbarian invasion of this civilized scene. Through the crowd's harmony and spontaneous order, he cut a swath of carnage and chaos. He looked on his victims as a savage warrior looks upon members of a rival tribe: not as fellow individual civilians with rights, much less potential trading partners, but as members of an enemy population to be eradicated. Just as individual rights and harmony are the essence of civilization, collectivist (tribal) warfare is the essence of savagery.