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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
It's definitely a cliche, but then "the terrorists win". I don't pretend to know what these lunatics are ultimately after, but changing our society has got to be a part of it.
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Personally, I am not convinced yet that this specific attack yesterday was part of a larger plot. It could very well just be the result of 2 individuals from a particular religious/ethnic minority that snapped after being continually bullied and harassed. That magazine doesn't just taunt extremist Muslims, but it is down right racist to Muslims and Arabs. IMO, they cross the line between being non-conformist free speech activists to being bigots often.
We see violent incidents like this all the often. People feel like society is somehow destroying them and they lash out. For example, a few years ago, there was a shooting in Montreal where a man who believed that feminists were holding him back, went to an all woman college and murdered a bunch of women. There are numerous other examples throughout history.
Unless the people responsible issued some type of statement to the contrary, I think it's too early to assume anything about the intent. If they went into Playboy magazine or something and shot the place up, I would be more inclined to think that it was just an anti-west type of attack, but in this case I think it is just as likely that the 2 guys went "postal" (hate answered with hate).
Obviously nothing justifies murder, but I am surprised that so many people are being supportive of the repugnant cartoons that this magazine makes.