Crimes like those in Paris, New York, London, and Madrid – attacks on countless cafes, malls, buses, trains, and nightclubs – affront our most basic human values, because they involve the deliberate murder of innocents and seek to spread fear throughout society. We are wont to declare them the work of lunatics and sociopaths, and we feel repulsed by the very idea that they may have an explanation beyond the insanity of their perpetrators.
巴黎、纽约、伦敦和马德里的罪行——针对咖啡馆、购物城、公交车、火车和夜总会的袭击——冒犯了我们最基本的人的价值，因为其中包含了蓄意谋杀无辜者和试图在全社会传播恐惧。我们习惯于将袭击者称为“疯子”、“反社会”，如果他们说他们的恶行并不只是出于疯狂，我们都会感到憎恶。