Is it another murderous spree in Colorado Springs?
CNN -- A gunman attacked worshippers at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, megachurch Sunday afternoon, killing one person and wounding four others before being killed by a security staff member, the city's police chief said.
NYTIMES -- A gunman and three people were killed and five others wounded yesterday in two apparently unprovoked shootings that unfolded about 12 hours and 70 miles apart at a missionary training center and a church in Colorado, law-enforcement authorities reported.
[..] in Colorado Springs, an hour’s drive to the south of Arvada, a gunman also clad in dark clothing invaded the grounds of the New Life Church, a 14,000-member institution founded by the Rev. Ted Haggard, who resigned in disgrace last year after acknowledging a three-year sexual relationship with a male prostitute.
Wearing combat boots and carrying an assault rifle and at least one pistol, the gunman, apparently without provocation, opened fire in a parking lot and shot four people, one of them fatally, as bystanders dashed for cover. There were about 7,000 worshipers inside the church when the shooting erupted, a church official said.
Terrible news about more violence in the United Free States of America.
A gunman (or gunmen), disgruntled at the world no doubt, vents his anger on folks who seem to have it together. Is this home-grown terrorism? Well, we need to know if the gunman did a stint in Iraq, in which case we can safely say he was home brewed, then grown to maturity in Iraq. My comments (uneducated and rude as usual) is that this represents total breakdown of a normal and humane social fabric due, in no small part, to the US war raging foreign and domestic policies, poor social services and general mayhem.
America should really take out the log from it's own eye, before exporting violence to the rest of the world in its so called "war on terror". It's time to define that concept "terror". A long overdue task.
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the great American Society that plans to teach us all how to live. So, let's focus on another surge instead.
Excellent point and nice post. I've been asking the same question for the longest time. A teen goes into Virginia Tech University and kills a bunch of people, they don't call it terrorism. Instead they say, "Let's analyze the mindset and psyche of this troubled young boy." What a joke! I live in America and the sad thing is, the American people generally are so brainwashed, they truly do not equate this with terror in their minds. To them, terrorist acts (with the exception of 911) only happen in the East. To them, only Arabs or Muslims can be terrorists. They think this way for many reasons, mainly:
1. Instead of keeping up with world events, they are too distracted with Playstation, movies, bars, clubs, reality TV, etc.
2. Most Americans have to work unthinkable hours each week just to keep their homes from foreclosure and afford health insurance. (Many people I know work from 50-85 hours per week). By working so much, they don't have time to research things and form their own opinions.
3. Our media is controlled by Israeli interests, lobbyists, and organizations.
About the article in general, the American media is full of half-truths and double standards. I can't see it changing anytime soon, as much as I would like to see that. However, at least some Americans through internet and satellite, are more informed and understand the realities of what can be complicated issues at times.