Say what you really mean Boris, don't beat about the bush....

[mudskipper]

The type of people who are likely to get involved in ISIS or get radicalised are the same sorts of people who are vulnerable to getting dragged into drug gangs or other types of criminal activity.

They are just young men in desperate need of self-esteem who do not have a particular mission in life, who feel that they are losers and this thing makes them feel strong and feel like winners.

Sounds right to me. What's the answer? Send them on an outbound course?

[EternalOptimist]

Whenever I get full of self hate and low self esteem, I find an international heritage site to desecrate, or a political HQ to scrawl misogynist slogans on. Its never happened yet, but then again, I havn't joined the greens yet

[pjclarke]

is it the cold weather that is making you lefties so miserable?

Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans defend themselves against unpleasant impulses by denying their existence in themselves, while attributing them to others. For example, a person who is rude may constantly accuse other people of being rude.

HTH. Does it mess with your head, somedays, being a human parasite?

[Zero Liability]

I like him best of all potential Tory PMs.

[worzelGummidge]

I like Boris.
A bit of a Conservative with a small "c" and without too much Politics.

[DodgyAgent]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is, of course, a champion of the benefits of turning to female companionship for spiritual comfort. Indeed, admirably, he leads by example whenever he can ...

is it the cold weather that is making you lefties so miserable?

[original PM]

But Mussurut Zia, general secretary of the Muslim Women's Network UK, branded the Mayor's comments as "irresponsible".

You would have thought that Muslims would have welcomed Boris's words as it distances their faith from the antics of the terrorists.

Yeah well they say that but I see no evidence that they are actually doing anything about it...

[pjclarke]

Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson is, of course, a champion of the benefits of turning to female companionship for spiritual comfort. Indeed, admirably, he leads by example whenever he can ...

[vetran]

But he wasn't, the article specifically stated that. No wonder agents have problems. reading CVs ????

FTFY

[TestMangler]

He could be talking about the average IT contractor

"If you look at all the psychological profiling about contractors, they typically will look at porn. They are literally w***ers. Severe onanists.

"They are tortured. They will be very badly adjusted in their relations with women, and that is a symptom of their feeling of being failures and that the world is against them.

"They are rejected by women, they are not making it with girls, and so they turn to other forms of spiritual comfort - which of course is no comfort."

Might be a growth area for you to expand into Jihadi Recruitment.

You'd be able to get your 10% (7.2 virgins) on successful completion of the assignment.

[tractor]

...

He could be talking about the average IT contractor

"If you look at all the psychological profiling about contractors, they typically will look at porn. They are literally w***ers. Severe onanists.

"They are tortured. They will be very badly adjusted in their relations with women, and that is a symptom of their feeling of being failures and that the world is against them.

"They are rejected by women, they are not making it with girls, and so they turn to other forms of spiritual comfort - which of course is no comfort."

But he wasn't, the article specifically stated that. No wonder agents have problems reading CVs

[DodgyAgent]

But Mussurut Zia, general secretary of the Muslim Women's Network UK, branded the Mayor's comments as "irresponsible".

You would have thought that Muslims would have welcomed Boris's words as it distances their faith from the antics of the terrorists.

[DodgyAgent]

Jihadi John is a

He could be talking about the average IT contractor

"If you look at all the psychological profiling about contractors, they typically will look at porn. They are literally w***ers. Severe onanists.

"They are tortured. They will be very badly adjusted in their relations with women, and that is a symptom of their feeling of being failures and that the world is against them.

"They are rejected by women, they are not making it with girls, and so they turn to other forms of spiritual comfort - which of course is no comfort."

[tractor]

Jihadi John is a