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Xipe Totec

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6. It's nice to be able to dehumanize the 'other'. nt

Reply to geek tragedy (Reply #3)

Mon Jun 8, 2015, 05:07 PM

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WATCH: Police Release Video of Terror Suspect's Shooting [View all] brooklynite Jun 2015 OP

Averted a serious tragedy that day... Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #1

He wanted to behead a police officer and had bought a knife for it cosmicone Jun 2015 #2

I am just curious how we knew what he wanted to do. zeemike Jun 2015 #4

He was under 24 hour surveillance and they knew what he was up to. Do you read the news? George II Jun 2015 #9

No I asked how WE knew it. zeemike Jun 2015 #16

All you say is absolutely true. But it is STILL a tragedy. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #5

A dead terrorist is not a tragedy to me. cosmicone Jun 2015 #15

Judge, Jury, AND Executioner. Bravo! Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #19

That's the story from the people who killed him Kelvin Mace Jun 2015 #7

if he had beheaded someone, that would have been a tragedy. geek tragedy Jun 2015 #3

It's nice to be able to dehumanize the 'other'. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #6

Better than the fundamentalist "dehumanizing" a couple of other people George II Jun 2015 #10

You seem to have a lot in common with him in the dehumanizing department. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2015 #12

In order to be dehumanized, one has to think and act like a human, but.... George II Jun 2015 #13

I said it was unfortunate. 100% of fundamentalist terrorists are human AFAIK nt geek tragedy Jun 2015 #11

It averted the death of one or more other people. George II Jun 2015 #8

I wish it was clear enough to see the knife they said he was wielding. Why do they not carry tasers? uppityperson Jun 2015 #14

At the press conference that was mentioned, the Commissioner said there were still..... George II Jun 2015 #18

A clash not avoided seveneyes Jun 2015 #17

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