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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
Pay attention, if you did you'd notice them killing people regardless of what media outlet they subscribe to
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I am paying attention, the attacks took place at a press outlet not a bakery, it's been all over the news in the past few days...
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
Remember way back when, Russ, you mentioned me ascribing rationality to irrational actions? You're doing the same thing attributing cause and effect here I feel. For sure what Charlie Hebdo were doing painted them as a target but I worry that the bigger picture is that there are a whole series of targets and they were merely top of the list.
If it's not offending the prophet it's the actions of our armed forces. If it's not that it's daring to behave according to the laws of our lands in areas they claim to be Islamic. If it's not that....
There's always some excuse for these guys to behave as they do. The basic tenets of their religion are terrifying, which isn't surprising given where they came from
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The fact is people seem to be in favour of responding to the killings in a way that has been proven to provoke a reaction. It seems like people are willing to pay the price of more killings as long as it means we show the nutters they can't stop our 'freedom of speech'.
Which, in anyone's language is ludicrous.