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Honest question that always crosses my mind. Why do we always assume a terrorist group is behind such attacks? Couldn't it be a couple of deranged persons actin
by noobie 11y ago
Honest question that always crosses my mind. Why do we always assume a terrorist group is behind such attacks? Couldn't it be a couple of deranged persons acting on their own?
- swombat 11y agoConsidering it comes 4 days after the arrest of the man who planned the Paris attacks, it's possible that this is just a couple of deranged people but it's unlikely. In this context, even with no detailed information about the attackers, it's quite likely that this is a terrorist attack somehow connected to fundamentalism/etc.
- VLM 11y agoLook up the concept of "never let a crisis go to waste", and its a two parter, the stated first part is "ISIS musta dunnit" and the second unstated or quietly stated part is "and thats why we have to expel all muslims" or "thats why we need to give a campaign donor of mine a trillion dollars to increase security" or "there's a lot of countries we haven't made safe for democracy yet and I was thinking ..." You should see the wind go out of politicans sails when they learn an event like this is a random nutcase. They look like their dog died.
- cronjobber 11y agoNot likely, because in places like Belgium, deranged persons don't have access to the kind of weapons and explosives used in attacks like these.