schizophrenia and other mental illnesses are associated with religious obsessions
And associated with late adolescence, and rarely feature violence.

If it’s Islam, no need for a mental illness, the religion itself is TEH EBIL and made him shoot people.

Apparently, you studied Islam in a different place than I did. There is nothing inherently evil about Islam that would suggest to even a schizophrenic Army officer / psychiatrist, that he should kill infidels, but if he were so inclined after making several contacts with radical Muslims — which he did — there are plenty of justifications for killing infidels to be found in the Qu’uran.

I don’t know what you knew when you were 12, but apparently it was nothing about psychopathology, nothing about Islam, and very little about persuasive rhetoric. Apparently, you have gained no knowledge in those areas to date. I suggest you back that wiseassery up a step or two, lest you be made a fool of — a second time.

Okay okay me first – being Muslim?

Haven’t heard that little wacko nugget in a while.

I’ve read a book or two (magna cum laude in social science ’94) but surely you can fill in any gaps in my poor education. Feel free.

Start with “predictors of suicide”.

Oh noes! Someone is declaring an entire religion enemies of the state, and I’m playing TEH RACE CARDZ! Oh woe is me!

You don’t know a lot about psychology, do you?
Read up on it a bit. I don’t have a specific book to recommend, get some textbook from a college, the basics will be enough to prevent you from sounding silly.

What are you talking about? Frank knows all about psychology. ‘dem Mooslims are crazy, right? That’s Psych 101.

Mutante Dodo: All terrorists need not be part of a “global terrorist conspiracy.” You lefties are fond of referring to T. McVeigh as a terrorist; what global plot, or even larger plot, was he a part of?

The current story, as I have read it, is that he was dabbling with radical Islam, and that he had settled up with his landlord, as if he were going away somewhere. Army Majors who are psychiatrists don’t just “snap” – that flies in the face of logic. The idea that, possessed with the “zeal of the newly converted”, he chose to ‘make his bones’ by shooting up a “nest of infidels”, on the other hand, is consistent with his other activities.

I rest my case.

You confuse hate with anger. Perhaps you don’t know the difference. Anyone less an extreme masochist would hate the people responsible for acts of war and terrorism committed upon one’s self, society, culture.

There seems almost no enemy you will not apologize for or appease to. Your desire to, among all things, be politically correct no matter the cost is far more helpful to those attacking us than it is to those who defend us. You are the most dangeros thing we face, the danger within. Well meaning fools who unwittingly enable and encourage our enemies.

Adding that it is actually naive and foolish to hate one’s enemies. It serves no constructive or strategic purpose. In fact it clouds one’s judgment and easily leads people to do more damage to themselves and their society than the enemy ever could alone.

Face it, Amused, you’re a racist, xenophobic fuck who couldn’t give a rat’s ass about the “enemy” as along you have an excuse to get your hate on.

Here’s the thing, Amused, it’s pretty obvious that you are not predisposed to hating your enemies. You’re predisposed to hate. Which is why you see a world full of enemies.

Frankie, logic says the current story is much more likely to be a case like that than a global terrorist conspiracy. I’ll teach you a little secret: going on a killing spree is not something sane people do. In no part of the world, in no religion. It’s insanity. It’s a sad, sad thing that happens when someone’s mental issues are left to grow into something monstrous that can make firing a weapon toward several strangers sound like a good idea.

Yes it is”

Zython,
Since words have specific meanings perhaps you are correct here. It would seem quite naive and foolish to not hate one’s enemies. What pray tell is the politically correct attitude to hold regarding one’s enemies?

“Tell me, how does it feel to think that all the brown people are out to get you?”

What is a brown person? Seems a pretty broad brush to paint with. In your mind is it anyone that is not white? Would you classify a jew as white but an arab as brown? Or is a jew brown? Is an asian brown? What about a spaniard? Are the rest of the european caucasions white but a spaniard is not? What about an italian? Are they white like say a englishman or are they brown like say a negro.

I think perhaps you are just playing the race card for points out of habit.

That’s great, Frank. I’ll try and remember that. Next time, though, just send a card.