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25. Religion is clearly at the heart of this.

Reply to Warren Stupidity (Reply #23)

Sun Nov 23, 2014, 01:50 PM

Nov 2014

In Thursday's attack, the traders were on their way to Chad to buy fish when militants blocked their path near the village of Doron Baga, some 180km (112 miles) north of Maiduguri in Borno state.

Abubakar Gamandi, the head of the fish sellers' association, said the militants had used no guns.

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On Wednesday, Boko Haram gunmen attacked the village of Azaya Kura, also in Borno state, killing at least 45 people.

In this attack too, victims' hands were tied behind their backs and their throats were slit. The attack was apparently aimed at punishing the community after four insurgents were pointed out to soldiers and were shot dead.

Obseesion (in the colloquial sense).

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Murdering in the name of god. [View all] Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 OP

How can you use these murders to take a cheap shot on a discussion board? pinto Nov 2014 #1

What cheap shot? Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #2

Feel you devalued those lost lives simply for a discussion point here. One you could make otherwise. pinto Nov 2014 #4

Yes that is exactly it. You feel insulted by the connection between mass murder Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #7

I'm not insulted at all. You miss my point. pinto Nov 2014 #9

You sound like the NRA when there's yet another mass shooting... Silent3 Nov 2014 #6

"Cheap shot" was poorly worded. I was looking for way to say shamelessly tacky. pinto Nov 2014 #10

The only thing shamelessly tacky is your conclusion that Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #11

Kickin' Faux pas Nov 2014 #3

Neither have I. pinto Nov 2014 #5

Kick & Rec'd. Dawson Leery Nov 2014 #8

Just think of all the Maoist, Marxist, RW Nationalist etc. guerrillas of the 20th Century until now CJCRANE Nov 2014 #12

Did you pull that headline out of your ass? rug Nov 2014 #13

It's a subject line accompanied by an opionion and two references. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #14

Of course they murdered in the name of god what better reason could they have used Leontius Nov 2014 #15

Gott Mitt Uns. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

I wonder if any the the survivors thanked God to be alive. stone space Nov 2014 #17

no it would be stupid and quite insulting to the families of those who died. Warren Stupidity Nov 2014 #20

I'm sure that some did. stone space Nov 2014 #21