99 problems wrote
Tommy_STL wrote
99 problems wrote
boonedoggle wrote
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An apartment complex manager says the man accused of opening fire at Fort Hood, Texas recently had a religious bumper sticker torn off his car.
The manager, John Thompson, says a fellow soldier allegedly keyed Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's car and ripped up the bumper sticker. Thompson says the soldier had been to Iraq and was upset to learn Hasan was Muslim.
Thompson, who manages the Killeen, Texas complex where Hasan lives, says the bumper sticker read: "Allah is Love." In Arabic, Allah means God.
A report filed on Aug. 16 with Killeen police says Hasan's car had been scratched causing $1,000 worth of damage. The report says an Army employee had been arrested. It didn't provide more details about what happened
So! Some Army radical "red necks" may have contributed to the killers state of mind.
If you were the judge, what kind of punishment would you hand out to the soldier who keyed Husam's car?
Would you release his name? Should the Army keep the guy?
are you
serious? Why are people trying to justify what this nut job did? If someone keyed his car he should punished in the way people are normally punished for keying someone's car. HAving your car keyed is not a legit reason to start killing people.
There is a difference between observing that something "contributed to the killer's state of mind" and "justifying what he did".
It's called nuance. Use that part of your brain that is capable of processing it.
Ironic coming from you. He's blaming someone who keyed his car for being a muslim for contributing to him being a radical muslim. He's trying to change the story from radical muslims are bad to stupid kids who don't like muslims are bad. Maybe both might be true, but a little perspective is needed to remember that one is a scratch in a car and the other is 19 empty seats at the family dinner table.
So if I tell you that Timothy McVeigh wrote this letter to a friend, am I justifying the Oklahoma City Bombing, or just remarking on what his state of mind might have been leading up to the bombing? Or is this different, because McVeigh wasn't a Muslim?
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McVeigh declared that:
“ Those who betray or subvert the Constitution are guilty of sedition and/or treason, are domestic enemies and should and will be punished accordingly.
It also stands to reason that anyone who sympathizes with the enemy or gives aid or comfort to said enemy is likewise guilty. I have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic and I will. And I will because not only did I swear to, but I believe in what it stands for in every bit of my heart, soul and being.
I know in my heart that I am right in my struggle, Steve. I have come to peace with myself, my God and my cause. Blood will flow in the streets, Steve. Good vs. Evil. Free Men vs. Socialist Wannabe Slaves. Pray it is not your blood, my friend."