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uppityperson

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31. Even though it's been reported he didn't do this for a religious reason, your "common sense" makes
Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:37 PM
Jul 2016

tells you otherswise?

I think what you are calling "common sense" is instead assumptions based on minimal facts but prejudices and rumor.



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/world/europe/munich-shooting-attack.html?_r=0

...
But unlike those two attacks, the one in Munich appeared, based on initial evidence, to have no overt links to the Islamic State or other terrorist groups, officials said Saturday. Nor did it seem to be directly linked to the wave of migration that has fueled racial, ethnic and religious tensions in Germany and across Europe.

Instead, according to accounts by the police, prosecutors, and neighbors and schoolmates of Mr. Sonboly, this most recent assault appeared to be of a less ideological and more personal sort: a sudden, violent outlet for a quietly troubled young man.

There were indications that Mr. Sonboly’s rampage might not have been entirely without political overtones. It was carried out on the fifth anniversary of a massacre in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik, a right-wing extremist who killed 77 people. Asked about a possible link based on the date, the Munich police chief, Hubertus Andrä, said that “this connection is obvious” and was part of their investigation.
He was also a racist full of hate just like Donald awake Jul 2016 #1
+100 Photographer Jul 2016 #2
Well, we don't know all of the facts yet, Tal Vez Jul 2016 #3
He was an Islamic terrorist. former9thward Jul 2016 #4
No, he was a sick motherfucker that just happened to be Muslim. Photographer Jul 2016 #6
I don't know. former9thward Jul 2016 #9
Well, we can start with Whitman in TX Photographer Jul 2016 #11
They killed to promote Christianity? former9thward Jul 2016 #12
I believe in they might have. Photographer Jul 2016 #13
You are really bending over backwards to protect Islam in this. former9thward Jul 2016 #17
Where have they said this guy killed to promote Islam? uppityperson Jul 2016 #26
"They" have said very little. former9thward Jul 2016 #27
Even though it's been reported he didn't do this for a religious reason, your "common sense" makes uppityperson Jul 2016 #31
About as much of an Islamic terrorist as Adam Lanza BeyondGeography Jul 2016 #7
Did Lanza shout "Allahu Akbar", as he did his killing? former9thward Jul 2016 #10
He had to remind himself to do that BeyondGeography Jul 2016 #14
Do we know this is true? NobodyHere Jul 2016 #15
do we know anything is ever true? 6chars Jul 2016 #28
Most media are saying he yelled "I am German" and more about being bullied. Not what was previously uppityperson Jul 2016 #32
The Allahu Akbar was allegedly said at a different point in time. NobodyHere Jul 2016 #34
I occasionally scream Jesus fucking christ gwheezie Jul 2016 #16
While you are slaughtering people? former9thward Jul 2016 #18
If I started slaughtering people gwheezie Jul 2016 #19
Yes and I'm sure based on that Christian social media would be posting videos former9thward Jul 2016 #21
Don't get me wrong gwheezie Jul 2016 #24
He was a mentally unbalanced kid SticksnStones Jul 2016 #20
That is your description. former9thward Jul 2016 #22
It's what's been reported. Check the Times story. SticksnStones Jul 2016 #23
Is there evidence he had a fixation on Breivik? 6chars Jul 2016 #29
From the BBC SticksnStones Jul 2016 #33
This is the obvious link 6chars Jul 2016 #35
There's some evidence he had converted to Christianity muriel_volestrangler Jul 2016 #25
He might liberal N proud Jul 2016 #5
(Whatcha gonna do? Declare war on the mentally ill?)....that would not surprise me one bit. spanone Jul 2016 #8
You realize the mentally ill were the first to go in the Halocaust, right? aikoaiko Jul 2016 #30
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