Christian Terrorists

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Investigators described the gunmen as "members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called 'The New Crusaders,' who don't believe in the separation of church and state." The gunmen went to the school seeking justice "because the daughter of one had been expelled for praying before class."

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Who scatterbrained idea was this and what were they thinking?

[Devastatin Dave]

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Who scatterbrained idea was this and what were they thinking?

How adorable!!! It reminds me of the "Chocolate Jesus" in New York or the painting of Mother Mary with poop all over her. They know they won't have their heads loped off by the Pope or Jerry Falwell. Liberals don't have the marbles to insult the real enemy to liberty and freedom. Can we say "Dutch cartoons".

[ShadesPanther]

Probably because it's too non-PC to use Muslims. Although they could of used evil commies or nazis if they wanted to. But, they could of used them as it is so stupid alot of people wouldn't get too upset.

Although it isn't impossible for terrorists to be Christians as, i'm sure quite alot of terrorist organisations would consider their members "Christians" (IRA for example)

[Crazed Rabbit]

Bah - despicable.

CR

[Hosakawa Tito]

I would hope that most would be secure enough in their faith to let such a ridiculous "hypothetical scenario" snafu roll off their backs. Make ones' displeasure known at the next school board meeting and then leave it at that.
This is an excellent opportunity for these parents to demonstrate/teach their children how to act like ideal Christians, and not extremist nutjobs.

[Lemur]

You have to wonder why they felt it necessary to paint a scenario for the hostage-takers. Especially given that all of the school shootings have involved singleton nut jobs (or in a memorable case, a duo). The only religiously inspired school shooting I can think of was the one where an anti-Semite shot up a Jewish day care center. Feel free to correct me if I'm forgetting something important.

[Devastatin Dave]

You have to wonder why they felt it necessary to paint a scenario for the hostage-takers. Especially given that all of the school shootings have involved singleton nut jobs (or in a memorable case, a duo). The only religiously inspired school shooting I can think of was the one where an anti-Semite shot up a Jewish day care center. Feel free to correct me if I'm forgetting something important.

I'm in 100% agreement with you , my lower primate.
Why couldn't they use Malta Militia Liberation Front since they will soon be policing the world in the near future.

[Tribesman]

The only religiously inspired school shooting I can think of was the one where an anti-Semite shot up a Jewish day care center. Feel free to correct me if I'm forgetting something important.

Would that be the one that links with "Christian Identity" and "Church of Jesus Christ Christian" ?

[Kralizec]

Crazy story.

How adorable!!! It reminds me of the "Chocolate Jesus" in New York or the painting of Mother Mary with poop all over her. They know they won't have their heads loped off by the Pope or Jerry Falwell. Liberals don't have the marbles to insult the real enemy to liberty and freedom. Can we say "Dutch cartoons".

I think that's "Danish cartoons", actually

[Major Robert Dump]

They needed a back story. So what. If they run the story by the censors beforehand it is no longer "secret' or "a suprise" of a drill.

Besides, maybe they used muslims last time. Maybe next time it will be Chinese Dentist Union

[doc_bean]

Has it been confirmed that the story is actually true ?

I hate to bring up the B-word, but blindly believing a site that has a cartoon of Osama showing his support for Obama is not something i'm inclined to do.

[Spetulhu]

I thought christian terrorists usually attack abortion clinics?

[HoreTore]

Christians never massacre innocent civilians for the purpose of destroying them...

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[HoreTore]

Besides, maybe they used muslims last time. Maybe next time it will be Chinese Dentist Union

We had a "hostile take-over" at my school some some 5 years ago. Can't remember eactly, but I think it was the "Union of Oppressed Artist of Bergen"(a city in western norway), or something like that...

It was rather good actually. Not believable, of course, but that was part of the point. They managed to get their message across very well.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Has it been confirmed that the story is actually true ?

Its from a very reputable site.

I would hope that most would be secure enough in their faith to let such a ridiculous "hypothetical scenario" snafu roll off their backs. Make ones' displeasure known at the next school board meeting and then leave it at that.
This is an excellent opportunity for these parents to demonstrate/teach their children how to act like ideal Christians, and not extremist nutjobs.

The question is why did they single out Christians, They claimed they wanted to make it as realistic as possible so dont give me this they made the scenario ridiculous crap. If they wanted to make it realistic they should have used Muslims. But you cant do that. Its all right to insult the majority it seems nowdays but not the minority.

[Agent Miles]

They could have called the terror group the Symbionese-Hamas-Iraninan-Terror-Bureau-Antiamerican-Liberation-League-Service, which would have been abbreviated as, no I can’t.

[Lemur]

If they wanted to make it realistic they should have used Muslims.

Actually, as I said not three or four posts ago, the real-life scenarios in schools almost always involve single nutjobs of no political or religious significance. So using Muslims terrorists would be just as misleading as using Christian fundamentalists. Zarqawi is no more relevant than McVeigh.

I used some early-morning Google-fu to locate the story about the white supremacist who shot up a day care center. Here you go. This is the only religiously-inspired school takeover/killing in the U.S. that I know of. And it ain't by a Muslim. Thus you, Gawain, are no more accurate in your scenario painting than was the school.

As I said before, you can't help but wonder why they bothered being so specific with the scenario anyway.

[Banquo's Ghost]

As I said before, you can't help but wonder why they bothered being so specific with the scenario anyway.

My concern also.

It seemed an unnecessary characterisation, which leads me to believe there was an agenda on someone's part. Either to prove a point about political correctness, or religion, or just to make the news - but it was entirely unnecessary to extend an insult to this religious community.

They could have called themselves the Nutjob People's Front (Splitters faction) or the Lederhosen Alliance or just The Bad Guys.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Actually, as I said not three or four posts ago, the real-life scenarios in schools almost always involve single nutjobs of no political or religious significance. So using Muslims terrorists would be just as misleading as using Christian fundamentalists. Zarqawi is no more relevant than McVeigh.

Hmmm seems to me there was a little incident in Chechnia. And we all know that christian terrorists are just as common if not more so than muslim ones LOL.

It seemed an unnecessary characterisation, which leads me to believe there was an agenda on someone's part. Either to prove a point about political correctness, or religion, or just to make the news - but it was entirely unnecessary to extend an insult to this religious community.

Exactly. Someone probably thought it was very clever.

[Tribesman]

Here you go.

Do you think they name it the Church of Jesus Christ Christian just to be sure the supremacist idiots don't get too confused about their chosen idendity ?

[Lemur]

Hmmm seems to me there was a little incident in Chechnia. And we all know that christian terrorists are just as common if not more so than muslim ones LOL.

I didn't realize Central Asia was a relevant example for U.S. schools. Obviously, I was limiting my comments to events that happened in this hemisphere. Child prostitution is a problem in some Southeastern Asian countries -- is that relevant to my kid's Wisconsin elementary?

Also, I was not suggesting any false equivalence between Muslim terrorists and the much rarer home-grown nutjob. My simple, factual point, which I will now repeat for the third and final time, is that with a single exception, none of the school shootings in the U.S. have had a political or religious angle. If you need to work Muslims into it, you're falling into the same fact-absent fallacy as the school.

[Vladimir]

It seems highly improbable that Muslim terrorists would hold a US school hostage. The situation in Russia was very different. If radical Muslims would undertake such an action in the US it would be to kill them outright. IIRC most of the "Muslim" (Arab, Palestinian, etc) hostage takers do so outside the US like on cruise ships and airplanes.

The trend seems to be on killing US citizens and not taking them as hostages. A "Christian" group would be more probable in the more isolated regions of the country. They'd have demands and want to use the children as leverage.

[Louis VI the Fat]

I think all this reeks of anti-Islamicism and paranoia about terrorism.

Shootings at American schools have been the work of schoolkids, acting as individuals. Preventing it should not be considered counter-terrorism - the phrase War on Terror has clouded judgement. This is the paranoia about terrorism part. This paranoia is concerned with Muslims. PC prevented them from naming this fictional group the Muslim Jihadis or the like - so they chose 'New Crusaders'. This name clearly reflects a mindset concerned with terrorism as a function of a religious clash of civilisations.
It's useless in this respect, and counter-productive for the safety of America's schools.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

I didn't realize Central Asia was a relevant example for U.S. schools.

I ddnt know US schools were endangered by Christian terrorists either. Once more they said they wanted to make the scenario as real as possible so again the question arises why use Christian terrorists?

If you need to work Muslims into it, you're falling into the same fact-absent fallacy as the school.

I dont need to at all. Im just saying if your going to use religous terrorists and you want it to be realistic why choose christian ones when there are far more Muslim ones. If they had used Muslim ones however it would have been just as lame and stupid.

[Lemur]

If they had used Muslim ones however it would have been just as lame and stupid.

Which has been what I've been saying for three posts in a row. Nice to have you back, G-man.