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#1803555 19-Jun-2017 17:15

Really gets your macho heart thumping, doesn't it? Oooh, his gun is bigger than yours! Must be good for something. Let's go drill some bad guys! Which bad guys? I don't know. Just look for someone who's different. Maybe one of those oddball kiwi blokes. They talk funny.

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#1803563 19-Jun-2017 17:41

Rikkitic:

Really gets your macho heart thumping, doesn't it? Oooh, his gun is bigger than yours! Must be good for something. Let's go drill some bad guys! Which bad guys? I don't know. Just look for someone who's different. Maybe one of those oddball kiwi blokes. They talk funny.

Also completely and utterly useless as a tactic to prevent terrorist attacks of the type happening.

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#1803564 19-Jun-2017 17:42

Unconfirmed, but multiple media outlets are reporting the vehicle driver shouted "I'm going to kill all Muslims" during the incident

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#1803633 19-Jun-2017 19:55

tripper1000:

Failing to recognise peoples differences is what causes these problems in the first place.

No, what caused "these problems in the first place" was the US/West trying to force "capitalism" and their own views of "democracy" in regions that didn't have it, and didn't ever want it. But hey, oil, right.

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#1803687 19-Jun-2017 21:34

tripper1000:

...an organisation whose members have a penchant for martyrdom.

Please don't generalise.

Firstly, what "organisation"? You're making the assumption, the same as tonight's terrorist, that there is an organisation that all Muslims belong to.

Secondly, there's no evidence that Muslims' "penchant for martyrdom" is any stronger than Christians or Buddhists. In fact, you might argue that tonight's terrorist was attempting martyrdom, in that I'm surprised he wasn't beaten to death by the people he tried to kill.

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#1803698 19-Jun-2017 21:54

That may say a lot for the restraint and civilised values of the people he was trying to kill.

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#1803716 19-Jun-2017 22:55

ajobbins:
Unconfirmed, but multiple media outlets are reporting the vehicle driver shouted "I'm going to kill all Muslims" during the incident

He's not a very good planner then if he thinks one white van is all he'll need to achieve that goal!

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#1803719 19-Jun-2017 23:00

I've said before that sooner or later someone will strike back.

British politicians have been careless in their policies to do with immigration over the last 50 years and now they'll duck for cover seeking to pin the blame elsewhere.

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#1803720 19-Jun-2017 23:00

frankv:

Secondly, there's no evidence that Muslims' "penchant for martyrdom" is any stronger than Christians or Buddhists.

Hahahaha.

I agree, I am absolutely fed up with christian terrorists blowing up kids at music concerts, running people over in buses, stabbing innocents randomly, crashing planes into skyscrapers, all in the name of Jesus. How silly.

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#1803724 19-Jun-2017 23:43

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-40322960

Crowd restraining him and handing him over to police to be arrested...

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Eyewitness Adil Rana, 24, said the suspected attacker was pinned to the floor by members of the public "and people were punching him and beating him, which was reasonable because of what he's done".
"And then the imam of the mosque actually came out and said: 'Don't hit him, hand him over to the police, pin him down'."

People being people and leaders thinking ahead?

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#1803725 19-Jun-2017 23:57

Geektastic: I've said before that sooner or later someone will strike back.

British politicians have been careless in their policies to do with immigration over the last 50 years and now they'll duck for cover seeking to pin the blame elsewhere.

Why is it not the Euro & Commonwealth (allowing Euro & Commonwealth traffic)?

Why is it not the colonization (where the actual first strikes took place)?

Involuntary autocorrect in operation on mobile device. Apologies in advance.

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#1803727 20-Jun-2017 00:06

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Geektastic: I've said before that sooner or later someone will strike back.

British politicians have been careless in their policies to do with immigration over the last 50 years and now they'll duck for cover seeking to pin the blame elsewhere.

Why is it not the Euro & Commonwealth (allowing Euro & Commonwealth traffic)?

Why is it not the colonization (where the actual first strikes took place)?

What is 'it' in this context?

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#1803761 20-Jun-2017 08:26

surfisup1000:

frankv:

Secondly, there's no evidence that Muslims' "penchant for martyrdom" is any stronger than Christians or Buddhists.

Hahahaha.

I agree, I am absolutely fed up with christian terrorists blowing up kids at music concerts, running people over in buses, stabbing innocents randomly, crashing planes into skyscrapers, all in the name of Jesus. How silly.

Well said.

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#1803803 20-Jun-2017 09:19

surfisup1000:

frankv:

Secondly, there's no evidence that Muslims' "penchant for martyrdom" is any stronger than Christians or Buddhists.

Hahahaha.

I agree, I am absolutely fed up with christian terrorists blowing up kids at music concerts, running people over in buses, stabbing innocents randomly, crashing planes into skyscrapers, all in the name of Jesus. How silly.

Give it time. Fanatics are the same regardless of what they wear or what they claim to believe in.

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#1803804 20-Jun-2017 09:20

Wiggum:

surfisup1000:

frankv:

Secondly, there's no evidence that Muslims' "penchant for martyrdom" is any stronger than Christians or Buddhists.

Hahahaha.

I agree, I am absolutely fed up with christian terrorists blowing up kids at music concerts, running people over in buses, stabbing innocents randomly, crashing planes into skyscrapers, all in the name of Jesus. How silly.

Well said.

Another incisive observation from Big Gun.

I don't think there is ever a bad time to talk about how absurd war is, how old men make decisions and young people die. - George Clooney

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