You're completely missing the point. Terrorism is about spreading terror, killing people is just a technique. Finding reasons to laugh at these jackasses makes them a lot less terrifying.
The best way to fight their ideas is to avoid buying into their romantic self-image as heroic martyrs, and reveal them as the sad losers they really are.
and yet, humiliation is the best way to make an enemy
I think its much better to have nothing to do with these people. we need to stop trying to create the centralized states our DC politicians are in love with and that are necessarily more fragile, requiring life support from the west.
I think many people feel very threatened by the west, its technology and its overpowering media. the more we keep pushing it in their face, the more they will keep looking for a way to make us regret we ever did
and yet, humiliation is the best way to make an enemy
Mockery and humiliation are not equivalent. Humiliation implies some degradation of people under our control. We should of course avoid such behavior, but public mockery need not entail humiliation.
I'm pretty sure that folks willing to commit acts of terrorism are already enemies. But I do agree that this sort of messaging has to be careful to differentiate the nitwit terrorists and the larger community from which they might draw support. Mock the former, not the latter.
I think its much better to have nothing to do with these people.
Alas, this does not seem politically feasible. Governments that fail to communicate anything to the public about terrorists are at risk of falling victim to demagogues in other parties.
I don't disagree with the perspective (as i said), but mock their ideology. What's the point in attacking their devotion to their cause or the efficacy of their pursuit? The are literally, deadly serious about their cause, regardless of how stupid it is.
The best way to fight their ideas is to avoid buying into their romantic self-image as heroic martyrs, and reveal them as the sad losers they really are.