Allahu Akbar - Belgium Machete attack

[PurpleGorilla]

Mental illness strikes again.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e_iOSApp_Other

[zeitghost]

Indeed.

[Old Greg]

I missed the mental illness condition with this one. Looks like another violent male, this time of the extremist Islamist variety. No doubt the right wing PC machine will want to play down the male connection.

[NotAllThere]

The only mental illness in this case seems to manifest in the delusions of the thread starter. But I think it's probably better explained by simple idiocy rather than anything pathological.

[Old Greg]

The only mental illness in this case seems to manifest in the delusions of the thread starter. But I think it's probably better explained by simple idiocy rather than anything pathological.

I disagree. If one is a racist and revels in Islamist extremism as an opportunity to justify one's racism, then it is expedient to downplay inconvenient factors such as mental illness and maleness.

[PurpleGorilla]

I disagree. If one is a racist and revels in Islamist extremism as an opportunity to justify one's racism, then it is expedient to downplay inconvenient factors such as mental illness and maleness.

Islam isn't a race.

[shaunbhoy]

Islam isn't a race.

Just as well really, for if it were, even Christianity would have lapped it about 3 times.

[Old Greg]

Islam isn't a race.

And?

[PurpleGorilla]

Allahu Akbar - Belgium Machete attack

And?

You were the one who mentioned racism?

[Old Greg]

You were the one who mentioned racism?

Anti Islam is a convenient position for racists to take. The BNP is an example of this.