The Shooting in Utah...

**GoreBag** · 02-14-2007, 05:16

Now, Dave, you're insinuating that he shot because he was a Muslim, are you?

**JimBob** · 02-14-2007, 06:00

Where does it say the kid is Muslim? It says he's Bosnian but Bosnia is not a 100% Muslim country.

The World Fact Book reports

Muslim 40%, Orthodox 31%, Roman Catholic 15%, other 14%

so your assumption has a 60% chance of being wrong. But you aren't the racist type who would assume a number of things about someone because of their race or because of the religion you guess they follow.

**Papewaio** · 02-14-2007, 06:04

Valentines day... either he is a gangster or another rejected kid...

**Ice** · 02-14-2007, 06:06

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Valentines day... either he is a gangster or another rejected kid...

Or a wanna be gangster. Besides, those killed weren't mob members.

**Tuuvi** · 02-14-2007, 06:38

Salt Lake City is getting more and more violent every day...I am glad I live in St. George, where it is still nice and quiet.

**Husar** · 02-14-2007, 12:06

Well, from the description

Originally Posted by article

"He was totally calm and didn't seem to be upset or mad or anything. He was just completely tranquil. It was so bizarre," said Marie Smith, the manager of a toiletries store.

I would guess he had left this world already for a better one.
That better one could be his 72 new wives or just some hideout in the depth of his brain that had no real connection to reality anymore.
Before jumping to conclusions I would wait a little bit until the police have done their work, Dave.
What about the shooting in Philadelphia btw?
That was an unknown office worker it seems, but I found it strange that both happened on the same day, pure coincidence?

**macsen rufus** · 02-14-2007, 13:46

I really dissected that article and found no mention of religion at all, so have to assume either external sources of information thare are not linked or a wild leaping-to-conclusions are at work here. Shurly not?

Since the kid's dead it's gonna be pretty hard to interrogate him about his motives. But I'd reckon from past experiences of "school kid shoots up random strangers" he's just fully integrated into the American way of doing things.

Of course, connecting Utah and wierd religious communities generally makes me leap to quite a different group to DD's favourite scapegoats.

**ajaxfetish** · 02-14-2007, 19:30

I'm currently living in Salt Lake, and the incident has been quite a shocker, as it's certainly not typical for this area (kind of like that freak tornado that tore through downtown Salt Lake City a number of years back). People are talking about it, but I've heard very few solid details and know nothing about the kid's motivation. Sounds more like the weird school rampages than anything religiously motivated, though. He certainly didn't choose a religiously oriented target, and there's plenty of those in the city. It's a little freaky to contemplate since I'm living just a few blocks from Trolley Square and have eaten there several times over the last few months. I'm used to all the crazy stuff happening in somebody else's backyard. Guess my bubble isn't as thick as it sometimes seems.

Originally Posted by Lignator

Salt Lake City is getting more and more violent every day...I am glad I live in St. George, where it is still nice and quiet.

Small world. I'm in Salt Lake for school, but St George is home to me, too (also to Ichi, but he's been away so long you probably don't know him). It is still comparatively quiet down south, but with how fast we're growing I can't say how long our little Utopia will last. There was that rape and murder of a 15 year old girl by a 14 year old boy in Dixie Downs just last month, if you remember. The world is catching up with us even in St. George.

Ajax

**Don Corleone** · 02-14-2007, 19:33

Way off topic, but how is Ichi-san? Long time since I've seen him around these parts. Give him our best if you're still in touch.

**Devastatin Dave** · 02-14-2007, 15:33

Originally Posted by JimBob

Where does it say the kid is Muslim? It says he's Bosnian but Bosnia is not a 100% Muslim country.

The World Fact Book reports so your assumption has a 60% chance of being wrong. But you aren't the racist type who would assume a number of things about someone because of their race or because of the religion you guess they follow.

I guess he was Morman then since he lived in Utah, right?

**BDC** · 02-14-2007, 16:05

Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave

I guess he was Morman then since he lived in Utah, right?

Sounds possible. The first of a wave of mad-Morman massacres?

Hehe.

You Americans and your love of killing people with guns. Look how quickly it spreads to those exposed to it.