Reply to: List of Christian terrorist acts.

[meridian]

Not if you follow a scorched earth policy, they'd run out of followers quickly

Given that there are plenty of potential people to radicalise in every Western country as well, just how much of that earth would you be planning on scorching?

[MicrosoftBob]

That would be a great way to magnify extremism hugely.

Not if you follow a scorched earth policy, they'd run out of followers quickly

[NotAllThere]

That's a much much shorter page than the corresponding page for Islamic terrorism.


Therefore, I conclude ...

...that Christians are crap at terrorism.

[Platypus]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism

That's a much much shorter page than the corresponding page for Islamic terrorism.


Therefore, I conclude ...

[Platypus]

^ Great video, thanks for posting

[minestrone]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism

Of course the Troubles and Crusades are missing to name a few

Where is that duck and cover smiley

[WTFH]

If you provide them a logical reason I think it's still radicalisation, otherwise this seems a decent definition. Some lone nutter who goes on a rampage is just a nutter.

OK, I can drop the "logical reason" bit.


Generally the "lone nutter" is someone who may not be able to put a tag of a religion on their belief, but has made their decision to go on the rampage based on their perceived duty.


If you prevent lone nutters (singular or plural) from easy access to weapons, then you prevent a lot of deaths. Of course, if your government is paid off by weapons manufacturers or those who make money from killing, then they will not discourage the sale & supply of weapons.

[d000hg]

I would define "radicalised" as someone who has been led to believe something and provided with the necessary weapons to carry out a killing and to justify it with no logical reason.

If you provide them a logical reason I think it's still radicalisation, otherwise this seems a decent definition. Some lone nutter who goes on a rampage is just a nutter.

[WTFH]

Hmm, I don't know a moody teen who has not been radicalised but claims to follow a religion should count. If religion isn't their main motive...

I would define "radicalised" as someone who has been led to believe something and provided with the necessary weapons to carry out a killing and to justify it with no logical reason.


So, "it's their fault for not allowing guns in their church" is not a reason to kill people in a church. Neither is the reason "because of their skin colour or religion".


Maybe the simpler list would be "mass shootings carried out by right wing nut jobs" where the definition of a "right wing nut job" is someone who believes killing is the only solution and that there is no tolerance for people who are different to you or who oppose violence.


That then covers ISIL, IRA, Anders Breivik, Adam Lanza, Dylann Roof, Eric Harris, etc.

[VectraMan]

Maybe we should just ban religion, its the only way to be safe!

Probably most murders are carried out by atheists, or at least people without strong beliefs. Ban that too.

[d000hg]

Maybe we should just ban religion, its the only way to be safe!

That would be a great way to magnify extremism hugely.

[SimonMac]

wow

the world is full* of nutters who want to oppress people

and use the name of an imaginary friend to justify it

who knew!

*when I say full I mean a tiny tiny minority..

Maybe we should just ban religion, its the only way to be safe!

[d000hg]

You left out:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...hundreds-dead/
(most of the mass shootings in the US are carried out by people who call themselves "Christian", or could be labelled as such by outsiders.

Hmm, I don't know a moody teen who has not been radicalised but claims to follow a religion should count. If religion isn't their main motive...

[original PM]

wow

the world is full* of nutters who want to oppress people

and use the name of an imaginary friend to justify it

who knew!

*when I say full I mean a tiny tiny minority..

[SimonMac]

You left out:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...hundreds-dead/
(most of the mass shootings in the US are carried out by people who call themselves "Christian", or could be labelled as such by outsiders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-a..._United_States

Is on the list already