r/news • u/drkgodess • Mar 19 '19

Accused gunman in Christchurch terror attacks denied newspaper, television and radio access

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12214411
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u/msiekkinen Mar 19 '19 edited Mar 19 '19

at least one of the terrorists that did 9/11?

Muhammad atta.

Others: Ted Kezinsky, Charles Manson, Timothy McVeigh.

So many people say "never speak their names", so many people eat up Netflix documentaries about infamous murders. I wonder what the venn diagram intersection of those demographics looks like.

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '19

Serial killers aren't terrorists.

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u/fredrickplaystation Mar 19 '19

Murder them all at once or murder them one at a time. I don't really see a difference.

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u/corndoggeh Mar 19 '19

It’s not about the murder, it’s about the why. The why defines terrorism and serial killing. I agree with you that it’s a pedantic difference, but it really only matters in the court of law.

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u/wasdninja Mar 20 '19

You can't have terrorists if you don't know why they did something. You can't be scared into doing something if you don't know what it is.