.: so comes snow after fire :.

I know! It's utterly incomprehensible! And that's what I meant when I said it wasn't anything complex like religious fanaticism or such. This is all about money and interests and preserving power through fear. (Which, of course, fanaticism also is, now that I think of it.) Any way you look it, it is despicable and I don't know how these people can just...be.