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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 1:01 pm
(June 16, 2016 at 9:55 am)Drich Wrote: But, the war islam/isis is waging is not against that minority population, it's against all of us.
Islam isn't waging any war, but it takes a higher paygrade of braincells to realize that. For every Western victim of Islamist terrorist organisations, there are at least a hundred muslim victims. But, of course, you miss that, since you stay wilfully uninformed and ignorant.
No surprise there. You simply lump the whole religion together. But, of course, when it comes to pastors spewing their hatred, it's just a few bad apples. They're your home team after all.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 1:04 pm
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-and more americans died in our civil war than in any other. Islam is definitely waging a war. Against itself, against it's enemies real and perceived. It's been doing that since it's inception. Drich follows a hypocritical religion, and offers hypocritical points, while constantly yammering on about the hypocrisy of others...but who cares. None of that, makes that particular portion of his comment wrong, or indefensible.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 1:21 pm
(June 16, 2016 at 12:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: They don't know what isis and al qaeda are talking about...they know what they're talking about, lol..it's just hard to figure out what it was..because they're dumb.
The man aligned himself, spectacularly, to islamists (who do, as it so happens, hate the west - they're almost defined by it). That was clearly important to him even if a full understanding of the respective groups and their differences wasn't.
Even so, the point remains that he chose Pulse rather than any other soft target so readily available to him in one of the world's most famous tourist towns. I mean, even if you look at it through the lens of "He wanted to attack the West," it's pretty obvious that what he was attacking was our acceptance of LGBT people. Maybe the West was abstractly targeted, but these people died and got shot simply because of their sexuality.
What I find amusing is Drich trying to call foul on the LGBT community for using the tragedy to call for certain kinds of political actions when that's simply what happens in the face of tragedy. It's not like Republicans haven't been beating the drum against that community for, well, ever, or that they've fought against any firearm regulations for the past 15-20 years.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 1:25 pm
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(June 16, 2016 at 1:21 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Even so, the point remains that he chose Pulse rather than any other soft target so readily available to him in one of the world's most famous tourist towns. I mean, even if you look at it through the lens of "He wanted to attack the West," it's pretty obvious that what he was attacking was our acceptance of LGBT people. Maybe the West was abstractly targeted, but these people died and got shot simply because of their sexuality. -and how their sexuality (possibly even his own) related to his beliefs and rationalizations for action.
Target selection though...you think a nighclub isn't a good place for an attack. Packed bodies, dimmed lights, loud noises..........welcoming staff and patrons.....a lack of law enforcement presence...minimal likelihood of armed resistance....distracted or otherwise intentionally unaware masses of human flesh with what, one or two exits, none of which easily accessible....
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 2:28 pm
(June 16, 2016 at 1:25 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (June 16, 2016 at 1:21 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Even so, the point remains that he chose Pulse rather than any other soft target so readily available to him in one of the world's most famous tourist towns. I mean, even if you look at it through the lens of "He wanted to attack the West," it's pretty obvious that what he was attacking was our acceptance of LGBT people. Maybe the West was abstractly targeted, but these people died and got shot simply because of their sexuality. -and how their sexuality (possibly even his own) related to his beliefs and rationalizations for action.
Target selection though...you think a nighclub isn't a good place for an attack. Packed bodies, dimmed lights, loud noises..........welcoming staff and patrons.....a lack of law enforcement presence...minimal likelihood of armed resistance....distracted or otherwise intentionally unaware masses of human flesh with what, one or two exits, none of which easily accessible....
Huh? I think a nightclub is a perfect place for an attack.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 2:44 pm
I do believe that was the point.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 2:59 pm
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(June 16, 2016 at 2:28 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Huh? I think a nightclub is a perfect place for an attack.
I'm sorry, I misunderstood when you mentioned other soft targets. I was thinking..."why hit the others...the place was obviously ripe and low, and he was already familiar". I guess he scouted disney (maybe)..but that's really not as good as pulse, and when it came down to it he might not have been ready to shoot a 3 year old trying to get goofys signature, allah approving or not.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 3:41 pm
(June 16, 2016 at 12:40 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: (June 16, 2016 at 12:35 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Actually..I think that it indicates ignorance.
That, too. Of course, Drich seems to be one of those people who focuses more on the "They hate the West!" portion of what the groups do than the "They also hate each other, and kill each other!" portion. Al-Qaeda and ISIS, despite their surface similarities, are most definitely not allies. Anyone claiming to be acting on the behalf of both doesn't know what they're talking about, which is exactly why such claims can be safely ignored.
He also claimed allegiance to Hezbollah, which is currently in combat alongside Assad's troops in Syria ... against ISIS.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 3:42 pm
Yeah but at least they're super muslimy and hate jews, or somesuch.
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RE: Orlando shooting/The non gun debate
June 16, 2016 at 3:45 pm
(June 16, 2016 at 2:59 pm)Rhythm Wrote: (June 16, 2016 at 2:28 pm)KevinM1 Wrote: Huh? I think a nightclub is a perfect place for an attack.
I'm sorry, I misunderstood when you mentioned other soft targets. I was thinking..."why hit the others...the place was obviously ripe and low, and he was already familiar". I guess he scouted disney (maybe)..but that's really not as good as pulse, and when it came down to it he might not have been ready to shoot a 3 year old trying to get goofys signature, allah approving or not.
Also, he was probably concerned about being eaten by a gator before he could get the job done.
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