03-28-2015, 09:36 AM
^ Thank you.
"A logically obstinate and respectable slack-filling cunt." You're all too kind.
So, where did MS go? I'm wondering if his powerful speculation prowess still has him betting on Lubitz being a Muslim and therefore a terrorist.
On a related note, I've seen a lot of comments to news articles expressing outrage that the crash isn't being referred to as an act of "terrorism" and Lubitz isn't being labeled a "terrorist".
Those commenters contend that if Lubitz just so happened to be Muslim under otherwise the exact same circumstances, the media reporting would be entirely different and the focus wouldn't be on the pilot's mental health, but instead on Islamic terrorism. Unfortunately, I think there's probably truth to that contention.
But, I don't view this mass murder and suicide by Lubitz as terrorism, unless it turns out Lubitz killed expressly for the purpose of making a political or religious statement to instill fear in those who don't subscribe to his political or religious views.
I think "terrorist" is thrown about by people too frequently when it doesn't apply; thrown about by people responding to others who are loudly and publicly espousing beliefs that contradict their own. That's certainly not terrorism, IMO. Nor is every mass murder or kill spree a terrorist act. To me it depends on the intent behind the crimes against others.
Sometimes, though less frequently, I think the label "terrorism" clearly applies and for some reason it isn't recognized as such by authorities and governments (Nidal Hasan is a terrorist, IMO, for example).
"A logically obstinate and respectable slack-filling cunt." You're all too kind.
So, where did MS go? I'm wondering if his powerful speculation prowess still has him betting on Lubitz being a Muslim and therefore a terrorist.
On a related note, I've seen a lot of comments to news articles expressing outrage that the crash isn't being referred to as an act of "terrorism" and Lubitz isn't being labeled a "terrorist".
Those commenters contend that if Lubitz just so happened to be Muslim under otherwise the exact same circumstances, the media reporting would be entirely different and the focus wouldn't be on the pilot's mental health, but instead on Islamic terrorism. Unfortunately, I think there's probably truth to that contention.
But, I don't view this mass murder and suicide by Lubitz as terrorism, unless it turns out Lubitz killed expressly for the purpose of making a political or religious statement to instill fear in those who don't subscribe to his political or religious views.
I think "terrorist" is thrown about by people too frequently when it doesn't apply; thrown about by people responding to others who are loudly and publicly espousing beliefs that contradict their own. That's certainly not terrorism, IMO. Nor is every mass murder or kill spree a terrorist act. To me it depends on the intent behind the crimes against others.
Sometimes, though less frequently, I think the label "terrorism" clearly applies and for some reason it isn't recognized as such by authorities and governments (Nidal Hasan is a terrorist, IMO, for example).