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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
By raw numbers? Hispanics have the embittered, white racists beat, hands down.
edited 16th Jul '15 12:40:19 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"And in breaking news, a man opened fire at a Marine recruitment post in Tennessee before driving to a local military base and kill 4 Marines there
. No word yet as to whether or not it counts as a terrorist attack. Surprisingly, he was taken alive, so answers could be forthcoming from the horse's mouth.
Most sources I've seen report that he was killed by police.
edited 16th Jul '15 2:33:02 PM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."![]()
Ah, I think you're right - he was booked a few months ago over a DUI, which is where the photo was from.
Nope, Kuwaiti-born (probable) US citizen, as his father seems to have immigrated. Seems like he'd be the prime "disaffected youth" that various terrorist cells target for recruitment. And the worst aspect about the fallout from his actions is that it's going to drive more Islamophobia, which will in turn lead to much higher recruitment for terrorist cells.
edited 16th Jul '15 2:41:44 PM by ironballs16
"Why would I inflict myself on somebody else?"Well, it is domestic terrorism. You had someone drive around and gun people down in their workplace because (reasons we don't know yet).
But if he wasn't Kuwaiti, I'm quite sure the word 'terrorism' would never have been said at all, because that's entirely the domain of those evil Muslims. I'm kind of hoping that this wasn't done because he was recruited by ISIS/Al Qaeda/whoever, but I'm not optimistic about it (and sure that Faux News will be ranting about how any other reasons spoken about must only be a cover story to hide the real Commie-Islamic Terrorist Conspiracy.
That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - SilaswBBC: James Holmes trial: Batman cinema gunman guilty of murder
James Holmes, 27, was found guilty on multiple counts of murder and attempted murder for the shooting at a midnight premiere of a Batman film near Denver.
He had pleaded not guilty due to insanity - his defence said he was controlled by his schizophrenia.

edited 16th Jul '15 12:17:19 PM by Rationalinsanity
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