Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED
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This was an amusing CNN story.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/02/uk/uk-train-attack-terror-motive-intl-gbr
Police rule out terrorism in UK train stabbing attack, after two British-born suspects arrested
UK police have ruled out terrorism
Two British-born men were arrested in connection to the attack,
“At this stage, there is nothing to suggest that this is a terrorist incident,”
“At this stage, it would not be appropriate to speculate on the cause of this incident,”
One suspect is a 32-year-old, Black British national, while the other is a 35-year-old British national of Caribbean descent, according to Loveless. Both suspects were born in the UK, he added. ...
The incident – which British Defense Secretary John Healey has described as an “isolated attack”
An attack of random violence perpetrated by two people in coordination, but definitely not "terrorism", because they were both born in the country where the crime occurred. QED.
I guess the whole story is code for "please don't think these attackers are allied with any anti-right-wing attitudes. Just trust us, they're not. We're working on figuring out the motivation, but we know it wasn't anything resembling anti-conservative sentiment. Because reasons".
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Nidal Hasan-born in virginia
Syed Farook, born in chicago
Naveed Haq, born in washington stateQED
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@Mik said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Because we don’t want it to be true
I was watching the FB feed for Lancashire, and most people commenting seemed to very much want it to be true before their nationalities were announced.
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@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
Education is extremely important.
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@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
I think they most likely made the early call partly because of what happened after the children were murdered in Southport last year. Temperatures are running high with regard to illegal immigration at the moment, particularly from Islamic countries, and based on what I saw on Facebook this morning people are all too ready to ready to jump to conclusions.
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@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
I think they most likely made the early call partly because of what happened after the children were murdered in Southport last year. Temperatures are running high with regard to illegal immigration at the moment, particularly from Islamic countries, and based on what I saw on Facebook this morning people are all too ready to ready to jump to conclusions.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
I think they most likely made the early call partly because of what happened after the children were murdered in Southport last year. Temperatures are running high with regard to illegal immigration at the moment, particularly from Islamic countries, and based on what I saw on Facebook this morning people are all too ready to ready to jump to conclusions.
Too bad it backfires and ends up making the problem worse. Now the masses think they have a problem with immigrants, and that the authorities are in the bag for the immigrants. The authorities need to stop overestimating their ability to shape reality with their chosen messaging. But old habits die hard. A simple "I don't know" here would have been better for everybody, unless anybody thinks these blatantly baseless and motivated conclusions are convincing to anybody.
Education is extremely important.
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@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation.
Initially, they thought two. My understanding is that the older of the two was released after questioning. Seems now to be only one suspect.
Elbows up!
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Not likely political terrorism; most likely psychotic terrorism.
We'll find out soon enough, but the claims that it was definitely not terrorism are overstated and motivated. The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation. But it could be anything.
I think they most likely made the early call partly because of what happened after the children were murdered in Southport last year. Temperatures are running high with regard to illegal immigration at the moment, particularly from Islamic countries, and based on what I saw on Facebook this morning people are all too ready to ready to jump to conclusions.
Too bad it backfires and ends up making the problem worse. Now the masses think they have a problem with immigrants, and that the authorities are in the bag for the immigrants. The authorities need to stop overestimating their ability to shape reality with their chosen messaging. But old habits die hard. A simple "I don't know" here would have been better for everybody, unless anybody thinks these blatantly baseless and motivated conclusions are convincing to anybody.
@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Too bad it backfires and ends up making the problem worse.
Does it? The guy isn't an immigrant.
And they're not making matters worse, based on what happened last year. There's not been a repeat of the rioting that occurred after the Southport attack.
I was only joking
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The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation.
Initially, they thought two. My understanding is that the older of the two was released after questioning. Seems now to be only one suspect.
@Renauda said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
The fact that it was two people coordinating the attack, shades the likelihood slightly towards a social/political motivation.
Initially, they thought two. My understanding is that the older of the two was released after questioning. Seems now to be only one suspect.
That would shade the likelihoods towards a crazy person.
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Also, the police response didn't cause the 2024 riots. That was down to people with an agenda posting rubbish online. I won't flatter them by calling them 'conservatives'.
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@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Too bad it backfires and ends up making the problem worse.
Does it? The guy isn't an immigrant.
And they're not making matters worse, based on what happened last year. There's not been a repeat of the rioting that occurred after the Southport attack.
@Doctor-Phibes said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
@Horace said in Definitely 100% totally not terrorism, QED:
Too bad it backfires and ends up making the problem worse.
Does it? The guy isn't an immigrant.
Not technically. But that technicality won't matter much if, as a thought experiment, the natural born Brit happened to identify with his (presumably immigrant) parents' culture, and held a grudge against his native country over those sympathies. That's just a thought experiment, and not likely to be true. But it's possible, and it would be a situation where that technicality of where he was born, would become irrelevant to the immigration discussion.
And they're not making matters worse, based on what happened last year. There's not been a repeat of the rioting that occurred after the Southport attack.
I'm not sure that the absence of boiled over tensions over a span of months proves anything about the amount of underlying tension. But I am pretty sure that motivated conclusions from the authorities are not good for trust in authorities. Not in the moment, and definitely not in hindsight in the common case where those conclusions were wrong. I recall Bill Gates' recent about-face on the existential nature of the climate threat. That's a big deal, considering the cultural forces of authority and expertise that have pushed all their chips in on that issue for decades now.
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So when a black guy does this, he's failed to assimilate or identifies with his parents culture.
When a white guy does it presumably it's because he's mentally ill?
