@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
I can't help feeling that for years this guy has been a violent crime looking for an opportunity to happen.
He seems to have been screwed up in every possible way and I suspect Islamic extremism was just a handy outlet for his anger at the whole world. If he hadn't been a Muslim he'd have found some other 'cause' to justfy his actions.
You are quite possibly right & I see ISIS as the perfect platform for disaffected muslims, that is what is so dangerous about it. It gives them a feeling of power, 'belonging', and because it isn't a conventional army, a sense they can act alone & make a difference. Crystallises their thoughts and actions.
It's a very real threat though because moderate youths can get caught up in the excitement of it all. Youth is the time of idealism.
It doesn't take a lot to change society for the worse.
In 1940, only about 7% of Germans were nazis.
From what I can gather, this man was a Somalian, he had a history of violent crime, had a jail sentence of 5 years or more, was out on parole.
He should have been deported the day he got out of jail.
I am fairly sure most people in this country, including most migrants, would prefer to see any violent criminals deported, if possible.
Not just talking terrorists here-any violent foreign criminal-not matter what nationality, colour, religion.
