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German axe attack.
#41
RE: German axe attack.
The problem is not IS. The problem is a frustrated and disturbed 17 year old who took the first source of identity and outlet for his anger he could find. Are you seriously suggesting that this kid going on a train and start swinging an axe was islamic terrorism?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#42
RE: German axe attack.
(July 19, 2016 at 4:25 am)Alex K Wrote: The problem is not IS. The problem is a frustrated and disturbed 17 year old who took the first source of identity and outlet for his anger he could find. Are you seriously suggesting that this kid going on a train and start swinging an axe was islamic terrorism?

Yes. Because it is.
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#43
RE: German axe attack.
(July 19, 2016 at 4:25 am)Bella Morte Wrote:
(July 19, 2016 at 4:25 am)Alex K Wrote: The problem is not IS. The problem is a frustrated and disturbed 17 year old who took the first source of identity and outlet for his anger he could find. Are you seriously suggesting that this kid going on a train and start swinging an axe was islamic terrorism?

Yes. Because it is.

I on the other hand don't think that's a useful category for this type of event. The remedy for that is not cracking down on muslims, but helping disenfranchised kids get a sense of self-worth by offering them a perspective in life. Works the same way for all the 17 year old "Nazi terrorists" we have throwing molotovs on refugee camps.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#44
RE: German axe attack.
Quote:If the weapon is the problem then let's ban the weapon. If the problem is the ideology, then let's have that discussion.

'For reasons passing understanding, people do not relate guns to gun-related crime.' Michael Douglas, The American President

Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
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#45
RE: German axe attack.
(July 19, 2016 at 4:44 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:
Quote:If the weapon is the problem then let's ban the weapon. If the problem is the ideology, then let's have that discussion.

'For reasons passing understanding, people do not relate guns to gun-related crime.' Michael Douglas, The American President

Boru

Steven Novella said it well in one of the last SGU episodes - the common talking point that there purportedly is only violence, no "gun violence", because guns are just a tool and therefore regulating guns is the wrong approach, entirely misses the point that it is the mortality, the number of victims that is to be reduced.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#46
RE: German axe attack.
I wasn't kidding about he being reported as yelling Allah Akbar...
If that isn't religion, I don't know what is...

What is happening in the west is just minor collateral damage compared to ground zero...
It'll sort itself out eventually. They just need to sort out who's imaginary flavour of God is better, that's all.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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#47
RE: German axe attack.
(July 19, 2016 at 4:55 am)ignoramus Wrote: I wasn't kidding about he being reported as yelling Allah Akbar...
If that isn't religion, I don't know what is...

Of course it is religion. It probably was a desperate and angry kid clinging to the only thing in reach that seemed to endow him and his actions with some sense of purpose.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#48
RE: German axe attack.
Ok, so without the potential negative influence of religion, what else would he have done to relieve his anger?
Go to a prostitute? Kick a rubbish bin on the way home? Etc.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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#49
RE: German axe attack.
(July 19, 2016 at 5:34 am)ignoramus Wrote: Ok, so without the potential negative influence of religion, what else would he have done to relieve his anger?
Go to a prostitute?  Kick a rubbish bin on the way home? Etc.

Possibly the same thing, just without the ISIS flag handicrafts?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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#50
RE: German axe attack.
What on earth did all the disenfranchised muslims do 20-30 years ago?

Or are they now being told that they are already disenfranchised and need to act!

So basically, muslims using muslims to achieve an end ... I s'pose old habits are hard to break.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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