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2016 Postmortem

Zynx

(21,328 posts) Tue Aug 9, 2016, 09:20 PM Aug 2016

"Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?"

There are enough examples of supposedly idle comments going wrong. If anyone you know or love is thinking of voting for Trump, do try to impress this upon them.

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"Who will rid me of this turbulent priest?" (Original Post) Zynx Aug 2016 OP

Stochastic terrorism. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2016 #1

Consider the movie Taxi Driver jberryhill Aug 2016 #2

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,719 posts)

1. Stochastic terrorism.

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Tue Aug 9, 2016, 09:22 PM

Aug 2016

... the inciting of random actors to carry out violent acts that are statistically predictable but individually unpredictable - remote-control murder by lone wolf.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. Consider the movie Taxi Driver

Reply to Zynx (Original post)

Tue Aug 9, 2016, 09:35 PM

Aug 2016

That was enough to inspire a mix of infatuation and obsession in one unstable individual.

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