An unpalatable truth

The Shark Fisherman of Wales has kneed the Cockney Cymraeg in the groin and trussed him up with gaffer tape and barricaded him into his lock up. Like Houdini I've got a feeling he will somehow re-appear. Even if this last episode with the Borussia Dortmund team bus is not terrorist related, there has been enough naughtiness recently for a divided Europe and the stranking baby in the white house to sit up and take note. I don't like long winded posts so I will cut to the chase. Unless we change our way of life then we are going to lose this war. "We can't let them stop us going about our daily lives". If we continue with our avaricious greed, wealth accumulation and just good old fashioned capitalism then we are going to lose this guerrilla war against Islamic State. You cannot defend the indefensible and this is what we are continuously trying to do as a society. They are hitting us on our soft underbelly every time. Unarmed Police Officers, Tourists, Shopping Malls, Football Matches, Pop Concerts, Bastille Day Celebrations, Christmas Markets. The only way we are going to compete with them on their own terms is if we turn ourselves into a metaphorical desert. Every symbol of Capitalism will have to go, from Jimmy Choo shoes to Harrods. The only way to stop this carnage is to become what James Baldwin advised   
"This is why the most dangerous creation of any society is that man who has nothing to lose. You do not need ten such men—one will do"

We have to become a people with nothing to lose and I really don't think we can do that and they (Islamic State) know this. Our 24 hour News is like a vampire, sucking up every last ounce of blood and regurgitating it 'ad nauseum' to make sure that we have digested every last piece of graphic detail and allowing our precious little minds to turn what we have seen into prejudice and hate. PC Keith Palmer was not defending a symbol of freedom and democracy, he was guarding an opulent symbol of an unequal society and the tourists that were murdered were voyeurs of this facade. To know that this is an unpalatable truth one only needed to observe the Royal Family trotted out at Westminster Abbey two weeks later. Why was PC Palmer wearing the same uniform as Dixon of Dock Green? He had been left unprotected by a state and city on the highest state of terrorist alert which actually means nothing in practice! You just can't stop these lone wolves!? or can you? 
Can a compassionate society actually stop individual human souls from becoming alienated?  A compassionate society might be able to but a competitive, dog eat dog society? Impossible.  
So are you ready to lose everything to fight the shadows of the desert? or are you hoping that you will die a natural death before they take over? Your 'spoilt' children will then have to deal with the fall out!