Un uomo di Leeds condannato a quattro anni per aver condiviso biblioteche elettroniche che promuovevano la jihad violenta

Potentially unrelated..

But it’s kinda difficult not to notice a recurring Hallmark amongst these types.. a seemingly pungent, skunk-shaped elephant in the room..

Is a particularly aggressive strain of the “devil’s lettuce” the common thread stitching these sorry cases together?

It is becoming a tedious refrain. Every time a dead-eyed zealot makes the headlines, they possess that tell-tale gaze. It is vacant and glazed. It peers out from behind what looks like a smog of drug-induced psychosis. This is a very modern sort of madness where chemical imbalance meets a terrifying and manic brand of religious fervor.

It is enough to make most nostalgic for the days when people just got a bit giggly and over-ordered on the takeaway. .

Now the landscape is littered with messianic delusions and cold-blooded mania. Chilling.