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by imkopaka
Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:29 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter
Replies: 444
Views: 148600

Re: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter

philip964 wrote:There is an interesting blog about a guys wife who developed a mental reaction to Cymbalta.

A Christian lady who wouldn't hurt a fly, developed a desire to kill all pedophiles after taking Cymbalta.

Apparently developed all kinds of well thought out plans to lure trap and kill pedophiles.

She was released from the mental hospital to her husbands care, as the hospital said she was so convincing in her mission that she was convincing other patients to take up her cause. So they no longer wanted to care for her.

Eventually after stopping the medication, she lost the desire to kill pedophiles.

So far this seems to be the only plausible explanation, until we get some real information, that to this point is slow coming.
Can we get her back on that stuff? :lol: :fire
by imkopaka
Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:32 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter
Replies: 444
Views: 148600

Re: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter

TVGuy wrote:
imkopaka wrote:
TVGuy wrote:
If you're using the term "terrorist" in the generic form, please refer to the actual definition:

"a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political, religious, or ideological aims."
Fixed that for you. :mrgreen: I agree with your point, but if you exclude religious and ideological goals from your definition, every Muslim terrorist attack that's ever occurred no longer meets the definition of "terrorism." One could argue that Antifa and BLM wouldn't either.
While I agree with your reasoning, Muslim extremists conflate religion and politics. The fact they attack based on their religion in fact makes it their politics.

Antifa and BLM are purely political organizations, so they would fit the original definition.
I would say BLM is more ideological than political. Race is the driving factor behind their hatred - namely hatred of white people, but also more generally hatred of non-blacks. Their goals are not really political, even if they paint them that way. Even though they want their goals carries out through congress, their goals include things like forced reparations for slavery, stopping "systemic oppression" of blacks (i.e. let them do whatever they want), and eliminating the police - both as an organization and as individuals. IMO they meet the ideological part of the definition.
by imkopaka
Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:20 pm
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter
Replies: 444
Views: 148600

Re: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter

TVGuy wrote:
Soccerdad1995 wrote:
imkopaka wrote:
TVGuy wrote:
If you're using the term "terrorist" in the generic form, please refer to the actual definition:

"a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political, religious, or ideological aims."
Fixed that for you. :mrgreen: I agree with your point, but if you exclude religious and ideological goals from your definition, every Muslim terrorist attack that's ever occurred no longer meets the definition of "terrorism." One could argue that Antifa and BLM wouldn't either.
Until we know this guy's motives, we can't really say whether he is a terrorist, or not. We can speculate and guess, but that is all.
Agreed and that is why I said "until that link is proven". My point was that it is misleading and incorrect to call any mass killing a terrorist event.

:iagree: That's true, and I've been lecturing people on Facebook about that for days; I simply wanted to make sure the whole definition was there.
by imkopaka
Thu Oct 05, 2017 9:43 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter
Replies: 444
Views: 148600

Re: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter

TVGuy wrote:
If you're using the term "terrorist" in the generic form, please refer to the actual definition:

"a person who uses unlawful violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political, religious, or ideological aims."
Fixed that for you. :mrgreen: I agree with your point, but if you exclude religious and ideological goals from your definition, every Muslim terrorist attack that's ever occurred no longer meets the definition of "terrorism." One could argue that Antifa and BLM wouldn't either.
by imkopaka
Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:12 am
Forum: The Crime Blotter
Topic: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter
Replies: 444
Views: 148600

Re: Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Active Shooter

gregthehand wrote:It sounds like the shooter has an extended magazine and just dumps a whole mag in the video. This is very preliminary but I've heard a few Slide Fires being used this just tends to sound like one. Or some other kind of bump fire device. If I'm right I'd expect to see such devices under heavy scrutiny very soon.
I hadn't considered that. When the CNN analyst said it was a fully automatic and maybe even belt-fed weapon, I laughed and immediately disregarded it as CNN being....well, CNN. But then I saw the video and I agreed - it did sound like a machine gun. I hadn't considered slide or bump fire. :headscratch

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