So, was the Las Vegas massacre an act of terrorism?

[K9Buck]

Yes I consider him a terrorists. Just used different tools for killing than the NY guy.

At first I disagreed with you but I actually think you have a point. In addition to different tools being used, I'll offer that it's possible their motives also differed.

 

[g5000]

On the other hand, try telling the survivors of that horrific event that it wasn't a "terrorist" act. They'd probably both laugh and curse me out of the room.

Perhaps it WAS a "terrorist" attack, just not necessarily one with an ideological motive.

Appeal to Emotion fallacies don't make it a terrorist attack.

 

[K9Buck]

Appeal to Emotion fallacies don't make it a terrorist attack.

Perhaps, but then there's the "A rose by any other name..."

 

[blastoff]

I dunno. Something just doesn't seem right with the Vegas attack if all the timeline stuff being reported is accurate. Plus it's a huge story that just went virtually silent, like it never happened, yet scores of people died and hundreds were wounded in a very well planned attack.

 

[Penelope]

Yes I consider him a terrorists. Just used different tools for killing than the NY guy.

At first I disagreed with you but I actually think you have a point. In addition to different tools being used, I'll offer that it's possible their motives also differed.

Agreed. We do not know the LV shooter motivation, but we do know the NY guys motivation.

 

[ph3iron]

I know there is still an ongoing investigation but, thus far, we haven't been told of a motive. While the victims were mostly country music fans and probably mostly conservatives and Republicans, we don't know if that's why he targeted that concert.

As it stands now, there doesn't appear to be any motive other than a desire for one apparently sick and deranged man to kill a lot of people. Therefore, I would deem this to NOT have been an act of terror. An act of terror would require a cause of some type, usually, political or religious.

Of course, there are some who consider any shooting where 3 or more are shot, as an "act of terror". But that's simply not always the case.

Perhaps more information will come out and we'll learn that the shooter did have a political or religious motive and then it could be classified as an act of "terror". We'll see.

Course not, misunderstood boy.
Political correctness

 

[rightwinger]

Yes I consider him a terrorists. Just used different tools for killing than the NY guy.

Someone who creates terror is not necessarily a terrorist

A terrorist acts for political or social reasons

 

[PredFan]

Is it terrorism if a nutjob just desires to kill people?

Well, not if you subscribe to this definition of "terrorism" that I borrowed from Wiki.

Terrorism is, in the broadest sense, the use of intentionally indiscriminate violence as a means to create terror, or fear, to achieve a political, religious or ideological aim.

A means to an end, yes.

 

[bodecea]

I know there is still an ongoing investigation but, thus far, we haven't been told of a motive. While the victims were mostly country music fans and probably mostly conservatives and Republicans, we don't know if that's why he targeted that concert.

As it stands now, there doesn't appear to be any motive other than a desire for one apparently sick and deranged man to kill a lot of people. Therefore, I would deem this to NOT have been an act of terror. An act of terror would require a cause of some type, usually, political or religious.

Of course, there are some who consider any shooting where 3 or more are shot, as an "act of terror". But that's simply not always the case.

Perhaps more information will come out and we'll learn that the shooter did have a political or religious motive and then it could be classified as an act of "terror". We'll see.

Most of the victims were from California......you know, the so-called "Land of Fruits and Nuts".

 

[bodecea]

I dunno. Something just doesn't seem right with the Vegas attack if all the timeline stuff being reported is accurate. Plus it's a huge story that just went virtually silent, like it never happened, yet scores of people died and hundreds were wounded in a very well planned attack.

Because, it ended up not being muslims.

 

[xotoxi]

I know there is still an ongoing investigation but, thus far, we haven't been told of a motive. While the victims were mostly country music fans and probably mostly conservatives and Republicans, we don't know if that's why he targeted that concert.

As it stands now, there doesn't appear to be any motive other than a desire for one apparently sick and deranged man to kill a lot of people. Therefore, I would deem this to NOT have been an act of terror. An act of terror would require a cause of some type, usually, political or religious.

Of course, there are some who consider any shooting where 3 or more are shot, as an "act of terror". But that's simply not always the case.

Perhaps more information will come out and we'll learn that the shooter did have a political or religious motive and then it could be classified as an act of "terror". We'll see.

It's a real mystery, if you ask me, why there has been a total news blackout on this for weeks. A curtain came down just like that. I am wondering if there is some conspiratorial angle (remember ISIS said right at the beginning that he was one of theirs?) and they have hushed up the investigation in order to catch the froggy.
Dunno. To me, it is VERY curious.

The answer to why he did this lies in the redacted portions of the JFK files. It would all come clear if the redactions were removed.

 

[strollingbones]

terrorism is a fucking act of random terror

has nothing to do with the end results

 

[strollingbones]

jfk or kennedy

 

[K9Buck]

I dunno. Something just doesn't seem right with the Vegas attack if all the timeline stuff being reported is accurate. Plus it's a huge story that just went virtually silent, like it never happened, yet scores of people died and hundreds were wounded in a very well planned attack.

Because, it ended up not being muslims.

Or because it was a bunch of white conservatives that were slaughtered.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

I know there is still an ongoing investigation but, thus far, we haven't been told of a motive. While the victims were mostly country music fans and probably mostly conservatives and Republicans, we don't know if that's why he targeted that concert.

He first tried to target a hip-hop festival.

Nice try.

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And had he succeeded how very different the narrative would be

 

[Nia88]

59 people killed and hundreds injured. Why is this even a question? Of course its terrorism.

 

[xyz]

Terrorism would imply he had a cause.

Really I don't care if it was terrorism or not, but they really should ban bump stocks.

 

[Sundance508]

59 people killed and hundreds injured. Why is this even a question? Of course its terrorism.

You do not know the definition of terrorism.......-the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

 

[Sundance508]

I know there is still an ongoing investigation but, thus far, we haven't been told of a motive. While the victims were mostly country music fans and probably mostly conservatives and Republicans, we don't know if that's why he targeted that concert.

He first tried to target a hip-hop festival.

Nice try.

Chance The Rapper, Wiz Khalifa and More to Perform at 2017 Life Is Beautiful Festival - XXL

And had he succeeded how very different the narrative would be

I posted his motive right after the shooting.....he was a loser despite the b.s. narrative being put out of him being a successful gambler. The sheriff of las vegas has finally admitted he had gambled away ...as the sheriff says...'a significant portion of his wealth...he could see the wolf at the door'.....translation...as a gambler he realized he had reached the point where it was impossible to win back all of his losses....he in fact had lost so much he was going to have to change his life style....many gamblers have killed themselves at that point....but he decided to get revenge on las vegas and the casinoes before he killed himself and that he did.

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