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MADem

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35. He had a crappy mother too--a felonious shoplifter from Lord and Taylor.

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 02:41 AM

Apr 2013

How ironic that a camera at the L/T Boston store was the device that initially identified the bombers.

http://natick.patch.com/articles/arrests-1-600-in-clothes-stolen

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I want to know how Dzhokhar Tsarnaev went from popular, easy going high school student [View all] cali Apr 2013 OP

I agree with you completely GitRDun Apr 2013 #1

Sadly, I think it will be about the influence of his brother. Behind the Aegis Apr 2013 #2

Yes, this kid won't know what happened. dkf Apr 2013 #10

I have a feeling that all of this horror will slowly sink in for him anneboleyn Apr 2013 #28

I think he ran over his wounded older brother on purpose, because he hated him. El Fuego Apr 2013 #57

I think he was trying to get away and would have run over anyone who was there. LisaL Apr 2013 #62

Well said DeadEyeDyck Apr 2013 #65

News said he went in reverse to do it, then fled going forward. El Fuego Apr 2013 #67

Or was he doing him an act of mercy. DeadEyeDyck Apr 2013 #66

Sometimes all you can say is.. RagAss Apr 2013 #3

or: "What the fuck?" Taverner Apr 2013 #59

And I really don't care. LisaL Apr 2013 #4

no, you can't, but I always want to understand the why of things cali Apr 2013 #6

That's ridiculous. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #8

Matters for what, exactly? LisaL Apr 2013 #11

Maybe help prevent another young adult from doing the same thing? uppityperson Apr 2013 #13

How has that been working for us so far? LisaL Apr 2013 #14

Since when does the United States choie Apr 2013 #18

Exactly. (no text) Quantess Apr 2013 #68

Well, my child, nephew and their friends have all managed to not murder anyone. uppityperson Apr 2013 #23

We have, so far, been more concerned about punishment than about JDPriestly Apr 2013 #36

To the victims. To the victims' families & friends. To researchers. To sociologists. Hissyspit Apr 2013 #17

To profile future bombers BainsBane Apr 2013 #25

finding out what happened is not the same thing as excusing it. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #38

So understanding why someone would do this is pointless? MrModerate Apr 2013 #43

"isn't there a nihilism forum" snagglepuss Apr 2013 #56

I understand what you are saying but I think if you turned the clock back a million times... RagAss Apr 2013 #12

Do you really think this will be the last terrorist attack ever? Donald Ian Rankin Apr 2013 #47

Sadly I think it's the brother too. nessa Apr 2013 #5

extremely impressionable, i think shireen Apr 2013 #7

yes, a folie a deux situation anneboleyn Apr 2013 #29

He had a crappy brother... dkf Apr 2013 #9

He had a crappy mother too--a felonious shoplifter from Lord and Taylor. MADem Apr 2013 #35

I posted this above, but I would be interested in what you think about JDPriestly Apr 2013 #37

No. I think the brotherly influence scenario is far more likely. MADem Apr 2013 #40

Strange. Like most DUers, I'm such a contrarian that I cannot imagine JDPriestly Apr 2013 #41

There's some serious "family dynamic" going on with that family, too. MADem Apr 2013 #44

Yes. Good points. I agree. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #50

Agree wholeheartedly. nt MADem Apr 2013 #58

That is kind of ironic. Warren DeMontague Apr 2013 #39

it might be a kind of culturally reinforced version of the "Dependent Personality Disorder" Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #15

The situation reminds me of Charlie Manson and his followers. Blue_In_AK Apr 2013 #16

Like serial killers who work in pairs BainsBane Apr 2013 #26

That was an informative article Generic Other Apr 2013 #19

Well apparently the younger one run the older one over with a car. LisaL Apr 2013 #61

speaking as a loner hfojvt Apr 2013 #20

Well he allegedly smoked pot. And this is DU. So he couldn't possibly be bad. LisaL Apr 2013 #21

Some "loners" are naturally solitary people. They don't necessarily winter is coming Apr 2013 #22

Those loners who are rejected/alienated are more accurately called "failed joiners," I think. Nay Apr 2013 #51

I'm sorry. I certainly didn't mean to insult you or others cali Apr 2013 #49

Faith-based religion can make good, sane people do horrible things... MellowDem Apr 2013 #24

Agreed. But is there a fact-based religion somewhere? AnotherMcIntosh Apr 2013 #27

more like his brother was a failure so he turned to religion and other things to deal with it JI7 Apr 2013 #30

Reading his twitter was like reading any other 19yr old twitter.... octothorpe Apr 2013 #31

What if the motivation was revenge for the insult to the family's honor JDPriestly Apr 2013 #32

If Tamerlan had a resentment I think it had more to do with his own arrest. dkf Apr 2013 #46

Very interesting. Sounds right. JDPriestly Apr 2013 #48

Exactly jessie04 Apr 2013 #55

No man is an island. We are all influenced, if not shaped, snot Apr 2013 #33

Don't you know CNN, FOX, MSNBC etc .. will leave no rock unturned .. YOHABLO Apr 2013 #34

Gee I wonder Montoya Apr 2013 #42

what sucks is a lot of people who are religious and live their lives that way JI7 Apr 2013 #45

Faith eallen Apr 2013 #52

I'm sure you're not alone in that wish. MineralMan Apr 2013 #53

uh, where did I say I wanted that information immediately? cali Apr 2013 #54

So do some of his friends. Denzil_DC Apr 2013 #60

in a lot of cultures around the world there is a romantic idea about the freedom fighter and the Douglas Carpenter Apr 2013 #63

When his parents went back to Russia, he was left dangling SoCalDem Apr 2013 #64