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Austin bomber's violence didn't meet law enforcement definition of terrorism
cbsaustin ^
| Mar. 23, 2018
| Jordan Bontke
Posted on 03/24/2018 5:35:13 PM PDT by bgill
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Oh, well, that clears that up nicely.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:35:13 PM PDT
by
bgill
To: bgill
I remember A SCOTUS Justice, when deciding a pornography case, said, I can’t tell you what pornography is, but I know it when I see it.”
The same idea applies here. More Austin political correctness.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:38:55 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
To: bgill
Law Enforcement is exactly right in this instance.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:38:56 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
To: Sasparilla
No, you are wrong. The definition of terrorism is as given in the article.
By your definition a wife who shoots her husband is a terrorist. You are wrong.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:40:03 PM PDT
by
Az Joe
(Gloria in excelsis Deo)
To: bgill
What this had to do with 9/11, I have no idea!
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:40:11 PM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: bgill
The guy was a mad bomber.
He bombed because he was crazed.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:40:29 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Az Joe
We will have to disagree, Joe.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:41:14 PM PDT
by
Sasparilla
( I'm Not Tired of Winning)
To: bgill
A narrow definition of terror is as the police stated, i.e., there is some intended political or social objective that is being pursued. A broader definition is that terror is random violence which induces terror in the citizenry, but which has no specific objective in mind.
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: bgill
He was a lib. Its social protest, man.
Which is why Austin police weren’t more proactive in stopping him.
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:50:44 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: bgill
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posted on
03/24/2018 5:54:36 PM PDT
by
Salvavida
(The Missouri citizen's militia sends its regards.)
To: bgill
Leftist would want certain speech to be considered terrorism, this sets the bar at a more realistic level.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:05:20 PM PDT
by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: bgill
If you just want to kill some people you shoot or stab them. If you plant bombs around the city you are getting off on inflicting terror.
He was a terrorist, just not an ideologically driven one.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:09:50 PM PDT
by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation has ended!)
To: bgill
I for one am glad they are sticking to the precise definition of “terrorism”. Now we just have to wait for the department to be accused of racism.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:11:40 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: bgill
It was certainly terror for the victims.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:11:53 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
(Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
To: Az Joe
Yep. But the word is bandy about so much that people forget that words do have meanings that are not so loosey goosey.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:12:46 PM PDT
by
lastchance
(Credo.)
To: bgill
They haven’t released the bombers confession or text of the confession, so I’m going with a cover up of a failed FBI operation to start a race war or a Travis County wannabee FBI operation.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:25:53 PM PDT
by
RetiredTexasVet
(Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
To: bgill
Terrorism is a “shock word”, so we can’t use it anymore. How about we call it a boo-boo?
To: goldstategop
“He was a lib. Its social protest, man.
Which is why Austin police werent more proactive in stopping him.”
Just another Broward County democrat jurisdiction.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:41:34 PM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: bgill
Ergo, no one in Austin was terrified. Whew.
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posted on
03/24/2018 6:44:59 PM PDT
by
YogicCowboy
("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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