RE: 9 Dead in SC church shooting
June 22, 2015 at 10:58 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2015 at 10:59 am by Regina.)
(June 21, 2015 at 4:32 pm)Secular Elf Wrote:Exactly. I don't like any religion but that doesn't mean I think individual people who follow them have to die. It is still an abuse of human rights even if it's carried out by an atheist against religious people (I don't know if this situation was, I don't know Roof's religious beliefs, but just as an example).(June 19, 2015 at 7:36 pm)Exian Wrote: Kitan, your view will never be a popular one, even if you set aside the empathy argument (and I suspect you're getting the reaction you wanted). Consider all the people who weren't shot in that church; I'm one of them. You asked for a few more, well, that could have been anyone one of us, or your family, or you. You have shown that you do not care who gets killed. You have shown that you do not value individual lives.
Good point Exian. Even I have empathy for people I have a basic philosophical difference with, the belief in the transcendental of any kind. I often criticize Christians and their religious beliefs, but I am not without a heart. Tears came to my eyes when I watched the news reports of the aftermath of the Charleston Church Massacre. Those 9 people were human beings, minding their own business, and opened their arms to Roof. Those 9 people did not have to die.
I also agree with the people calling this a terrorist act. Let's call it like it is, it was a mass killing of innocent people which has scared other people, with the intent to further a political goal. It's textbook terrorism. It's not only terrorism if it's done by a Muslim, Dylann Roof is a terrorist.
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