Park Life 71 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) That's the Guardian through and through though. I don't think they even believe all the stuff they come up with, they just know it stirs up a good number of clicks. I encourage them with my fake feedback tbh. Edited January 16, 2015 by Park Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21760 Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Fairly good read. Although jamming the feminist foot in the door of just about any event is getting a bit tiresome. the feminists can do one too ... back to the kitchen that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Carr's Gloves 3788 Posted January 17, 2015 Share Posted January 17, 2015 Was everyone sick of the Catholics of Jamestown and Maryland too?.... The first settlers the mayflower inhabitants were the Puritans and lots more followed. Everyone else came after. It is the Piritans the rulers of America salivate over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4082 Posted February 11, 2015 Author Share Posted February 11, 2015 http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/chapel-hill-shooting-the-latest-act-of-terror-has-just-been-committed-in-america-but-the-media-has-ignored-it-because-the-victims-were-muslim-10038624.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44106 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That's canny mental, coz we have TVs tuned into the news channels at work - Sky And BBC and I've seen fuck all about this. Would have been round the clock footage if it had been Muslims doing the killing instead of the dying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41921 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 There's no mention of it on the BBC site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44106 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/congress/obama-sends-congress-draft-war-authorization-that-says-islamic-state-poses-grave-threat/2015/02/11/38aaf4e2-b1f3-11e4-bf39-5560f3918d4b_story.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 That's canny mental, because we have TVs tuned into the news channels at work - Sky And BBC and I've seen fuck all about this. Would have been round the clock footage if it had been Muslims doing the killing instead of the dying. It's interesting how the US news agencies like CNN don't deem this newsworthy. Almost as if it doesn't fit their 'muslims will kill us all' narrative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30164 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 It on the Radio 1 news this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30164 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Is there anything to suggest that the murders were racially motivated? Just because it happened to involve three Muslim victims doesn't necessarily make it a hate crime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4355 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 My reading is that their religion is incidental to usual gun-toting fuckwittery. It never helps when people look for hate motives when they don't exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitman 2204 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 The suggestion is that the killer was an atheist who hated religious people generally. That said the murders seemed to have been sparked by an ongoing parking dispute. I think what people are objecting to is the lack of any mention in the news. CNNs headline was apparently about robot dogs....more newsworthy than the violent murder of 3 people in one go apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41921 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 In fairness, robot anything trumps just about all comers. Especially robot vacuums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34724 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Killer Muslim robot vacuums with road rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41921 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hoovah be praised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30164 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) The suggestion is that the killer was an atheist who hated religious people generally. That said the murders seemed to have been sparked by an ongoing parking dispute. I think what people are objecting to is the lack of any mention in the news. CNNs headline was apparently about robot dogs....more newsworthy than the violent murder of 3 people in one go apparently A quick google shows that there was a triple homicide in NY state in January, another two in Denver and in Florida in December. The sad fact is that they're so regular that they aren't particularly shocking to the US public. Edited February 12, 2015 by ewerk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5151 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 A quick google shows that there was a triple homicide in NY state in January, another two in Denver and in Florida in December. The sad fact is that they're so regular that they aren't particularly shocking to the US public. I would have said this was the most likely reason too. If it had been in Britain I would have expected to hear about it (but only because three people died - I don't think we hear about every murder over here by any stretch of the imagination). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34724 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 More on the story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31395467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30164 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 On the plus side, he's freed up three parking spaces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 34724 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 On the plus side, he's freed up three parking spaces. Four if you count his. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 41921 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4082 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 Is there anything to suggest that the murders were racially motivated? Just because it happened to involve three Muslim victims doesn't necessarily make it a hate crime. If the identities had been reversed, nobody would have even asked that question. The media anyway that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4082 Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 According to the father of one of the victims it had nothing to do with parking. There had been priors apparently, no one thought it would go this far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30164 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 I think he had altercations with a lot of the residents previously, none of which were racially motivated. Even the father didn't report any previous racial abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5151 Posted February 12, 2015 Share Posted February 12, 2015 If the identities had been reversed, nobody would have even asked that question. The media anyway that is. I'm not sure if that's true. I do take your wider point here, and fully agree that there is a double standard, but in random killings/rapes etc, the papers will quite often refer to 'five men', 'the attacker' etc rather than noting ethnicity or cultural factors. I can't recall seeing any murders in the papers that were carried out by Muslims who didn't have a religious motive that they were attempting to draw attention to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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