Si_Crewe wrote:I see the BBC are now reporting that people heard him shouting about Admiral Ackbar prior to detonating the explosive device.
Anybody know if it's normal for armed soldiers to be patrolling train stations in Belgium?
Red Okktober wrote:It doesn't matter if he was mentally ill or not. It also doesn't matter if he was considered a terrorist or not. Too much emphasis is put on both - they're just labels. After every atrocity, some people try and downplay it by saying 'ah but police haven't confirmed it was terrorism yet' or 'he was mentally ill' as if either make it not quite so bad. They don't. The same applies to any similar attack, including the Finsbury Park one. We all know the drill by now, and are able to distinguish the difference between attacks of this nature and 'regular' murders.
in this instance, he was yet another muslim out to kill innocents. Mentally ill or not, terrorist or not - it makes no difference, we're beyond that now, and should stop faffing around with such labels.
McAz wrote:Why just the Left's apparent admiration?
Red Okktober wrote:It doesn't matter if he was mentally ill or not. It also doesn't matter if he was considered a terrorist or not. Too much emphasis is put on both - they're just labels. After every atrocity, some people try and downplay it by saying 'ah but police haven't confirmed it was terrorism yet' or 'he was mentally ill' as if either make it not quite so bad. They don't. The same applies to any similar attack, including the Finsbury Park one. We all know the drill by now, and are able to distinguish the difference between attacks of this nature and 'regular' murders.
in this instance, he was yet another muslim out to kill innocents. Mentally ill or not, terrorist or not - it makes no difference, we're beyond that now, and should stop faffing around with such labels.
Red Okktober wrote:It doesn't matter if he was mentally ill or not. It also doesn't matter if he was considered a terrorist or not. Too much emphasis is put on both - they're just labels. After every atrocity, some people try and downplay it by saying 'ah but police haven't confirmed it was terrorism yet' or 'he was mentally ill' as if either make it not quite so bad. They don't. The same applies to any similar attack, including the Finsbury Park one. We all know the drill by now, and are able to distinguish the difference between attacks of this nature and 'regular' murders.
in this instance, he was yet another muslim out to kill innocents. Mentally ill or not, terrorist or not - it makes no difference, we're beyond that now, and should stop faffing around with such labels.
Keyser wrote:McAz wrote:Why just the Left's apparent admiration?
Because it is mainly the left - the cognitive dissonance with regard to Islam is simply astounding.
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