In the previous post, we started to discuss the anatomy of risk. And we stated that of the many known concepts of the meaning of risk. The one more ingrained in our collective minds, is the idea of loss.
This idea is most relevant, because it can lead to many, many possible outcomes from human interaction. This important, because, in front of the idea of loss, our human nature may produce, multiple possible response variations, ultimately, most of those variations, tend to fall into two main action categories; Avoidance and Despondency before a potential risk. Avoidance, groups other sub-categories; the avoidance itself, prevention and mitigation, while despondency, groups acceptance, retribution and transfer. …show more content…
On the other hand, let us assume, that we have never experienced the violent death of a loved one, or at least someone close to us, we would probably feel anger and the immediate need to seek revenge, to soothe our pain and anger; that could be viewed as “Bad Radicalization”. There is, however, a nuance to the latter, that is the concept of “Just Cause”, in the sense, of St. Augustine’s concept of “Just War”, of which, we will talk in the next …show more content…
Throughout the Turkish trekking, he has used one half of his remaining assets, feeding and taking care of his family; so, when they reach Dikili, he has only 10% of his initial wealth, yet they are in good spirits, because they are so close to Europe.
On a bleak Sunday morning, for it is winter in this part of the world. The Trafficker “has secured them a boat” to make the journey from Dikili to Lesbos. The boat is no bigger than an oversized dinghy for over a hundred people including him and his people. The price is half of all he still has. The journey starts.
30 minutes after leaving Dikili, a gigantic squall capsizes the dinghy, and he loses sight of the fact his family, he fights to survive, while trying to know where is his family, to no avail. The storm is so fierce that in the maelström he also loses all his