London attack/beheading

14232949 · 05-23-2013, 12:09 PM

Terrorism inspires fear/terror in a group of people. Blowing up a bus full of nuns to inspire fear within the Catholic community isn't political for example.

hip hop bunny hop · 05-23-2013, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

Terrorism inspires fear/terror in a group of people. Blowing up a bus full of nuns to inspire fear within the Catholic community isn't political for example.

Manky, you're better than this.

~~Sansa Stark~~ · 05-23-2013, 12:28 PM

How is he wrong though? It doesn't matter what their motivation is, anyone can be a terrorist. Isn't the basic, most rudimentary definition just "one who inspires terror"

Circe · 05-23-2013, 01:14 PM

Even that definition's a little too closed. A better one would be "an individual or group that intends to cause terror". Cause, you know, the majority of terrorists are idiots that never get close to causing any damage to anyone but themselves.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2013, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Fluffy Kittens

I will be astounded if this lad isn't a Muslim with very extreme views, or a convert.

Like I said, I think he's a 'road Muslim' who has possibly converted in prison. I have no evidence for that but that is just a hunch I have. It's quite common in places like Birmingham and London.

Woolwich attack suspect identified as Michael Adebolajo | UK news | guardian.co.uk

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Friends from Marshalls Park school talked of how he was an ordinary student who got the bus, played football, and "jacked" a few phones.

Jacked means to steal btw.

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Counter-terrorism officers and the security services are examining Adebolajo's links to the banned extremist group al-Muhajiroun. It is understood he was radicalised around 10 years ago, changing his name to Mujaahid, which means "one who engages in jihad".

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Adebolajo was frequently seen in Woolwich handing out Islamist literature in the High Street.

Anjem Choudary, the former leader of al-Muhajiroun, has confirmed that he knew Adebolajo, who was pictured on video in the immediate aftermath of the horrific killing waving a cleaver with bloodied hands.

Choudary said Mujaahid had converted to Islam in 2003 and was a British-born Nigerian. He said he had attended meetings of al-Muhajiroun from around 2005-11, but stopped attending the meetings, and those its successor organisations, two years ago.

Guy's a bell-end. Loads of Muslims will be shitting themselves after this.

14232949 · 05-23-2013, 03:10 PM

it's not like anyone's going to write an article portraying him in a positive light after that.
They can throw in anything they want about the life he allegedly led prior to murdering the kid, and people will buy it.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2013, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

it's not like anyone's going to write an article portraying him in a positive light after that.
They can throw in anything they want about the life he allegedly led prior to murdering the kid, and people will buy it.

I've always found The Guardian to be pretty decent tbh.

If he tried to behead someone yesterday then nicking a few phones on a school bus is fuck all.

Also that article hasn't said anything that outlandish about his past.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2013, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mankycaaant

I don't buy it. It just seems far too convenient that they've opted to blank out his face this time and suddenly he's saying more incriminating things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zbtj1Pb-9k

40 seconds in, full footage and they haven't blurred his face out.

~~Cuthbert~~ · 05-23-2013, 05:53 PM

Am I OK to post a video of the suspects being shot by the police? It's from The Mirror (UK newspaper) so it's not graphic really.

FETCHER. · 05-23-2013, 05:56 PM

The patches randomly covered all over the road/pavement at the very end, please don't tell me this was pieces of the soldier? :/

05-23-2013, 12:09 PM	#61 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	Terrorism inspires fear/terror in a group of people. Blowing up a bus full of nuns to inspire fear within the Catholic community isn't political for example.

05-23-2013, 12:28 PM	#63 (permalink)
~~Sansa Stark~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Eyrie, Vale of Arryn, Westeros Posts: 3,234	How is he wrong though? It doesn't matter what their motivation is, anyone can be a terrorist. Isn't the basic, most rudimentary definition just "one who inspires terror"

05-23-2013, 01:14 PM	#64 (permalink)
Circe Blunt After Blunt After Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a French-ass restaurant Posts: 337	Even that definition's a little too closed. A better one would be "an individual or group that intends to cause terror". Cause, you know, the majority of terrorists are idiots that never get close to causing any damage to anyone but themselves.

05-23-2013, 03:10 PM	#66 (permalink)
14232949 The Big Dog Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Scotland Posts: 1,989	it's not like anyone's going to write an article portraying him in a positive light after that. They can throw in anything they want about the life he allegedly led prior to murdering the kid, and people will buy it.

05-23-2013, 05:53 PM	#69 (permalink)
~~Cuthbert~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Black Country Posts: 8,827	Am I OK to post a video of the suspects being shot by the police? It's from The Mirror (UK newspaper) so it's not graphic really.