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8. Closely related to that are questions about the dynamic between the brothers

Fri Apr 19, 2013, 03:52 PM

Apr 2013

Was Suspect 1 the leader and Suspect 2 the follower? 7 years is a pretty big age difference between brothers...was Suspect 1 a father figure to Suspect 2? Or were they equals in this, both driven by the same sick ideology/malice?

I had the same questions around Columbine...I can understand (but not really) how one loner (Cho, Lanza) can go off his rocker and do something like this, but it's interesting to me when two or more coordinate to do it. How do they come up with the idea? Does one propose it and the other goes along? What's that conversation like? Are they really both into it 100% or is the non-Alpha just going along with it?

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I want to know why they did it [View all] Taverner Apr 2013 OP

I want to know too. LeftofObama Apr 2013 #1

+1 Electric Monk Apr 2013 #18

me too TeamPooka Apr 2013 #19

Well clearly you are a bigot then because trying to suss out motives, rationales and background riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #2

the religion/ethnicity/race dipsydoodle Apr 2013 #5

I totally disagree. If Tamarlan became radicalized on the Chechen issue for example riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #9

Also, people trying to get in touch with a culture they don't fully understand are prime targets... Barack_America Apr 2013 #15

True that. Another example where knowing the religion for example of a particular terrorist matters riderinthestorm Apr 2013 #16

my working theory right now is they watched xXx too many times snooper2 Apr 2013 #3

You forgot..."while smoking dope and listening to rap." Zorra Apr 2013 #13

Didnt the eldest brother say he did not have... SummerSnow Apr 2013 #4

Terrorists, IMO, want the attention. TDale313 Apr 2013 #6

didn't the uncle say they were losers ? JI7 Apr 2013 #7

Closely related to that are questions about the dynamic between the brothers Animal Chin Apr 2013 #8

That's why I want this guy caught alive. geomon666 Apr 2013 #10

I think it's critical we find out, lest this incident repeat itself. Barack_America Apr 2013 #11

This incident will repeat itself ..... oldhippie Apr 2013 #14

It is important we know if this can help it from ever happening again. avaistheone1 Apr 2013 #12

We know at least one of them was a sociopath. applegrove Apr 2013 #17

Uncle Ruslan said it best meow2u3 Apr 2013 #20