Ok, so yelling "get out of my country" right before he shoots 3 people isn't an act of terrorism?
I would imagine the victims were terrified. And the definition of terrorism is?
Terrorism is, in its broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim.
Even if it's not terrorism it's certainly an ethnically or racially motivated hate crime. Perhaps he would not have shot them if he hadn't been drunk, but that doesn't change the motivation.
"...this low-rent Lear raging on his Twitter-heath has proven that the phrase malignant buffoon is not an oxymoron..."
The only reason this is not up for debate is because he is not brown.
'I've spoken of the Shining City all my political life. …In my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still.'" Ronald Reagan
Ok, so yelling "get out of my country" right before he shoots 3 people isn't an act of terrorism?
I would imagine the victims were terrified. And the definition of terrorism is?
Terrorism is, in its broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim.
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When white folks do it, it's called a hate crime. When muslims do it, it's called terrorism.
5 pages of this thread, and nobody pointed out that this guy was so effing stupid he couldn't tell the difference between Iranians and Indians. (Other stories have stated that when he got to Applebees and confessed to the bartender, he said he shot a couple of Iranians)
And, I tend to agree with NZ here- take alcohol out of the mix and I wonder if he would have done it. News stories say he was going through a rough time and was hitting the bottle hard. Without the booze maybe he would have just stayed home and made racist comments on Facebook.
But we'll never know.
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Everything is now getting labeled terrorism.
Ok, so yelling "get out of my country" right before he shoots 3 people isn't an act of terrorism?
I would imagine the victims were terrified. And the definition of terrorism is?
Terrorism is, in its broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim.
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Moved to Montana, gonna be a dental floss tycoon.
George Will
Have you ever had 2 drinks and then driven home?
Fixed it for you.
When white folks do it, it's called a hate crime. When muslims do it, it's called terrorism.
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I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
And, I tend to agree with NZ here- take alcohol out of the mix and I wonder if he would have done it. News stories say he was going through a rough time and was hitting the bottle hard. Without the booze maybe he would have just stayed home and made racist comments on Facebook.
But we'll never know.
Nobody here said it was an excuse.
Because bar fights and shootings never happen whenever alcohol is involved right?
http://www.tristatehomepage.com/news/local-news/bar-fight-turns-into-shooting-4-injured/458454875
http://www.wisn.com/article/man-killed-during-bar-fight-in-milwaukee/8572822
It was a joke. I thought I'd use it for my next DUI...oh wait I hardly drink.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
Next DUI? How many you have fercripesakes?
Maybe try dancing instead. Too much laughter to arrest you then. :eek:
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.