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And now, Stockholm...
#21
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Nanny Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: This kind of attack executed by a local because his girlfriend left him wouldn't make international news, except that the London attack involved a ME person.  Rolleyes

The london attack was perpetrated by an Englishman.

I understood he was of ME descent. That's good enough for Fox News if true.
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#22
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 11:26 am)Faith No More Wrote: You don't have the first fucking clue as to what is going on there, do you?

Derp.

Do you?  Thinking
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#23
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Nanny Wrote: The london attack was perpetrated by an Englishman.

I understood he was of ME descent. That's good enough for Fox News if true.

Nope. Brit of Caribbean ancestry. Adrian Russel Elms. Convert to the religion of peace, changed his name to Khalid Masood. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westm...k#Attacker
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#24
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 2:00 pm)Isis Wrote: Do you?  Thinking

Much more than him, at least. But apparently that's setting the bar extremely low.

I've actually been keeping up with the conflict in Syria since the beginning, and I tend to read a decent amount of news about the region in general.
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#25
RE: And now, Stockholm...
Goodness, not everything is racism, guys. Religiously motivated terrorist attacks get more attention on the news because of what they are and the fear they instill in people. Not because the perp has brown skin.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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#26
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 11:23 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 10:57 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/world...ttack.html

Frankly these kinds of attacks are not uncommon even in Europe. If the driver were white, there'd be a short flurry of attention in national media where they happened before disappearing.

That's not true.


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#27
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: This kind of attack executed by a local because his girlfriend left him wouldn't make international news, except that the London attack involved a ME person.  Rolleyes

You're basically saying, local news doesn't make international news, but international news does make international news.
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#28
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 4:27 pm)Nanny Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 1:59 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I understood he was of ME descent. That's good enough for Fox News if true.

Nope. Brit of Caribbean ancestry. Adrian Russel Elms. Convert to the religion of peace, changed his name to Khalid Masood. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westm...k#Attacker

Merci beau coup.

(April 8, 2017 at 9:42 am)alpha male Wrote:
(April 7, 2017 at 12:18 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: This kind of attack executed by a local because his girlfriend left him wouldn't make international news, except that the London attack involved a ME person.  Rolleyes

You're basically saying, local news doesn't make international news, but international news does make international news.

Nope.
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#29
RE: And now, Stockholm...
Can't we just agree that this was yet another horrible terrorist attack, feel bad for the people effected, say the perp was a scum bag, and just leave it at that? Do we really have to use every opportunity to be politically correct SJW's and bring race into this as though the attacker is some sort of victim of the media because he has brown skin?
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

-walsh
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#30
RE: And now, Stockholm...
(April 7, 2017 at 1:21 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: What's new? crazy nuts exist in every city, take guns away and they will strangle, take ropes away and they will stab. 


There is a harsh reality here that the easier you make it for people to kill people, the more people will be killed. If strangulation was the only way to kill someone, the murder rate in the USA would plummet.
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