I'm reading this thread and I'm like

When I was sixteen I knew that murdering and torturing people is bad and no one could brainwash me into thinking otherwise. I knew that terrorist organizations were bad. People who say that they were brainwashed to join a terrorist organization that kill people by promises of wealth and power actually make them look even worse.
I feel sorry for them, despite the fact that they were ready to kill and torture innocent people and only saw a light when the reality turned out to be the opposite of promises given to them.