• Man charged in bomb hoax was Concordia Lebanese PhD student
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[QUOTE=Lambeth;51909630]Well not in the headline but it is in the article[/QUOTE] Yes, but they apparently felt it wasn't necessary to have it in the headline which is supposed to grab the attention so you read it. Someone else did, I can't imagine why though.
[QUOTE=sgman91;51909591]The fact that he's from Lebanon is important because it allows us to fairly safely conclude that he's not a white nationalist.[/QUOTE] You can be a white nationalist and not be white or originally from the nation. Of course it's incredibly unlikely that this guy is a white supremacist.
Let's not have blinders on, guys. The fact that the guy is lebanese indicates that it *may* be a false flag attack. The unanswered question has to do with whether the perp has connections with this C4 group that he named, and whether he is Muslim himself.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;51909672]You can be a white nationalist and not be white or originally from the nation. Of course it's incredibly unlikely that this guy is a white supremacist.[/QUOTE] Well you just admitted right here that thanks to the context of him being Lebanese, it is incredibly unlikely he is a White Nationalist like people previously thought it was.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;51909672]You can be a white nationalist and not be white or originally from the nation. [B]Of course it's incredibly unlikely that this guy is a white supremacist.[/B][/QUOTE] Right, that's the point.
[QUOTE=Tudd;51909704]Well you just admitted right here that thanks to the context of him being Lebanese, it is incredibly unlikely he is a White Nationalist like people previously thought it was.[/QUOTE] You can easily come to the same conclusion if you look at the letter, the possible fact that he's an immigrant, and his ethnicity. [editline]3rd March 2017[/editline] Not to mention that the fact that whether or not he's a white supremacist is irrelevant. It was irrelevant before his capture, and it was irrelevant after his capture. The only time it would be relevant is when it's actually discovered he's a white supremacist.
[QUOTE=ROFLBURGER;51909800]You can easily come to the same conclusion if you look at the letter, the possible fact that he's an immigrant, and his ethnicity. [editline]3rd March 2017[/editline] Not to mention that the fact that whether or not he's a white supremacist is irrelevant. It was irrelevant before his capture, and it was irrelevant after his capture.[/QUOTE] Possible motives are irrelevant?
[QUOTE=Tudd;51909821]Possible motives are irrelevant?[/QUOTE] Until we know them for a fact? Absolutely. It's entirely possible that they were just what he claimed they were.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;51909525]I don't recall there being this much interest in the origins of the perpetrator when that french canadian killed 6 muslims.[/QUOTE] You seem to have a poor memory. People cared a lot, actually. Do you not recall the shitstorm that happened when the breaking information suggested he might have been a Muslim and the subsequent confirmation that he wasn't? Who a perpetrator is and what is origins are should be the first two things people should know (aside from maybe death count). Pretty much fulfills the "Who Dunnit" and partially "Why Dunnit".
[QUOTE=Boaraes;51910671]You seem to have a poor memory. People cared a lot, actually. Do you not recall the shitstorm that happened when the breaking information suggested he might have been a Muslim and the subsequent confirmation that he wasn't?[/QUOTE] That was just baseless speculation, that's completely different. [QUOTE]Who a perpetrator is and what is origins are should be the first two things people should know (aside from maybe death count). Pretty much fulfills the "Who Dunnit" and partially "Why Dunnit".[/QUOTE] what does his origins tell us about the why dunnit?
Lmao this thread makes me laugh. I'm Lebanese and I think its relevant information. Perhaps not enough to warrant changing the title but definitely should be mentioned in the article.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;51910735]That was just baseless speculation, that's completely different. what does his origins tell us about the why dunnit?[/QUOTE] You claimed that people weren't interested in the origins of the mosque shooter, even though that's completely false. People's initial reactions to speculations is still an indicator of interest. If people weren't interested, then there wouldn't have been such a reaction. In certain cases, one's origins (place of birth, class standing, family) can point the way of a motivation, albeit (as I pointed out) only partially.
[QUOTE=1239the;51906858]you have a PhD and don't know that your IP address can be used to track you.[/QUOTE] PhDs don't make you smart, nor do they make you smart in like, all fields of areas of knowledge. They mean that you can manage your time and write a whole bunch of bullshit on research. Then someone or a group of people who also wrote some bullshit one time, looks at your bullshit and says, "Hey that's pretty good bullshit" and stamps an approval for your bullshi- I mean PhD.
[QUOTE=bull3tmagn3t;51917817]PhDs don't make you smart, nor do they make you smart in like, all fields of areas of knowledge. They mean that you can manage your time and write a whole bunch of bullshit on research. Then someone or a group of people who also wrote some bullshit one time, looks at your bullshit and says, "Hey that's pretty good bullshit" and stamps an approval for your bullshi- I mean PhD.[/QUOTE] hmm hmm ain't that some fine anti-intellectualism!
I'm pretty sure the reason he posted that the perpetrator was Lebanese is because it highlights that it was a false-flag attempt by a person who is likely Muslim/is from a predominately Muslim part of he world, and not by some racist white right-winger like most people probably assumed it was. For such a context, indeed his nationality, and even his religion, would certainly be important.
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