Of course, your criticism of the obvious and simple comparison of Roeder to other terrorists made me think that you wanted to minimize what he'd done, and... well, like I said, I'm sorry for mistaking your position.

But wait a second.  "Steel ball bearings" and "NO comparison".  You do want to minimize it, after all.

Well, on the other hand you seem to think that such a simple comparison is "convoluted".  It may be merely lack of mental acuity rather than denial.

Yes.  That's it:  You claim that there are only three "Islamic fundamentalist terrorists" and, naturally, offer no evidence to support such a ridiculous claim.

(I'm a "defensive" person?  You should try to avoid irrelevant mischaracterizations of others in the future.  It's a two-edged sword that more often than not ends up wounding an unskilled owner such as yourself, and derails what otherwise might have been a good conversation.)

Have a nice day.

by AnEngineer on 06/10/2009 12:18:37 PM EST

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Mr Engineer, by pointing out that the comparison is like apples to steel ball bearings, I am in NO way minimizing this horrid act of murder.  I am just pointing out that it is not terrorism for political, ideological gains like, say bombing a wedding reception, flying a plane into an iconic building or severing the head of a reporter on camera.  The murder of the doctor was horrid.  It was a hate crime of the first order.  It was not terrorism.  It was not conspiratorial in nature.  It was not meant to deter a culture, subculture or society from their way of life.  It was the heinous act of a sick individual filled with hatred for the doctor because of his individual profession.

Secondly, I did not claim that there were only three terrorists.  I stated that only three were water boarded.

by MarkDotThat on 06/11/2009 02:42:53 PM EST

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Sorry, mispelled presumptuous AND went back to read my original post.  My bad, it DOES read like I was stating that there were only three terrorists--I apologize for not being clear the first time.

by MarkDotThat on 06/11/2009 02:49:53 PM EST

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