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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by Klockan on Friday February 24, 2017 @08:56AM (#13723649)
It isn't, but people accuse him of shooting people to scare away others which requires more thought. The murder is obviously premeditated, I am not arguing about that, I just argue that he probably didn't do it for any higher purpose than wanting them dead.
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by mikeash on Friday February 24, 2017 @08:58AM (#13723661)
He shouted "Get out of my country!" I'm pretty confident that was not directed solely at the person he then shot.
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by Klockan on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:08AM (#13723729)
So you argue that it wouldn't have been terrorism if he instead said "Death to all naggers!" because then it wouldn't serve a higher political purpose? To me those two statements are basically interchangeable in this scenario.
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by mikeash on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:18AM (#13723808)
"Death to..." and "Get out of my country" don't seem very interchangeable to me.
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by Klockan on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:22AM (#13723841)
Ok, better example: Imagine that he yelled "Get out of my lawn!", would that be obvious terrorism?
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by mikeash on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:27AM (#13723882)
Only if they were part of a political movement whose platform included keeping people who look like that off lawns.
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Re:Two Indian engineers at Garmin in Kansas shot, one killed by nkrisc on Friday February 24, 2017 @09:35AM (#13723945)
Are you saying you think he only wanted specifically those two men out of "his" country? I suppose it's possible but I wouldn't bet money on it.
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