Well, thatâs a relief. Nothing to worry about.
There isnât any evidence either way at this time.
Unless the FBI knows something theyâre not passing along.
" âNo Indicationâ That Washington State Mall Shooting Was âTerrorist Actâ"
Tell that to the families of the victims.
"The lack of consensus as to what a terrorist is can affect policies designed to deal with terrorists. Some view them as soldiers that can be held at the end of a war and are entitled to various privileges spelled out in the Geneva Conventions. Others view them as criminals that should be tried in civil courts. Still others will argue that terrorists are best treated as a category to themselves and need policies tailored to them.[14] This is the case because a) they often cannot be prosecuted because they commit suicide and b) prevention is more important that punishment.
In November 2004, a Secretary-General of the United Nations report described terrorism as any act âintended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants with the purpose of intimidating a population or compelling a government or an international organization to do or abstain from doing any actâ.[15]"
But has HO weighed in with an inane self-congratulatory opinion yet?
There is a ballot initiative this election to allow restriction of gun sales in Washington State:
Wow, Donnieâs gonna be bummed out that it wasnât mooslim terrorismâŚ
Was the intent of the shooter to terrorize? Thatâs the only definition that matters.
Of course, in modern parlance, the word means âviolence attributed to dusky-hued foreigners who adhere to the tenets of Islam.â
By that definition, a white guy can never be involvedâŚ
Not so sure about that. It appears the shooter was hispanic.
Seems to me Trump can run with that one just fine given his positions to date.
âBrown people badâ
Iâm sure heâs too busy composing a tweet about how he was a major funder for the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Oh, and how he was a design consultant for the building. Oh, and how his generous contributions were never made public because, well, modesty. Oh, and humility, also, too. Oh, and how heâs not attending the opening because he thinks the focus should be on the museum and not his tremendous, generous, handsome, most savior-like self. Oh, and Vote Trump!
Right away, given the fact that (corrected) 4 of 5 were women, I thought of the Montreal Massacre where a gunman killed 14 women at the Ăcole Polytechnique in Canada. link to Wikipedia entry Why else shoot up a makeup area, full of women? Terrorism takes many forms, and violence against women is nothing newâŚIn 2013, more than 1600 women were murdered.
The last âmassâ shooting in Washington was a disgruntled ex-boyfriend who gunned down kids at a backyard partyâŚthis may end up being a similar motivation. Of course itâs early.
There was one man.
SorryâŚI read an earlier reportâŚhowever, my thoughts still standâŚIâve corrected my post.
Obviously I donât know for sureâŚbut the choice of location says something. There are a lot of stories about mall shootings that end up involving some sort of domestic situationâŚjust Google mass shooting and domestic violence, too many examplesâŚ
We shall seeâŚin any case, itâs horrible, whatever the âmotive.â It was just a thought and of course I ultimately have no idea. I just posted because people often jump to âterrorismâ as the first option and in the majority of cases like this, itâs something else.
Ethnically speaking, Hispanics are considered âwhite peopleâ, fyi. Hispanics are Europeans. Mixed bloods, such as Mexicans, usually are not because they have Native American blood and European blood.
So it was just a crazy guy killing 5 people and not a crazy guy killing 5 people on behalf of a religion.
Why does that make a lick of difference?
I think the point @suesponte is making is that trumpet sees skin color as the enemy. Youâre brown, youâre de facto guilty. Hispanic vs Latino means nothing in his world which has no nuance.
Correct.
Iâm quite confident that the guy in Trumpâs crowd screaming âbuild that wall!â wonât be making any fine distinctions regarding etnicity beyond ânot whiteâ.
Well yeahâŚthey havenât âuncoveredâ his Facebook page yetâŚwhy on EARTH would it be terrorism? And yeah, this is sarcastic.
Noting to see here, folks, just a routine mass murder by gun in America. Move along.
It most certainly is a terrorist act.
The terror organization responsible is the NRA, which has caused more needless bloodshed in this country than any foreign entity.