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What we know about CEO shooting suspect

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Post by JesseTG »

Smar wrote: post #195
qzw wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly my thoughts as well. Every piece of evidence law enforcement has was basically intentionally provided by him. If he just stuffed his trash in one of his 7 pockets, or wore a pair of sunglasses, or didn't actually stare straight at the camera in the taxi like he was getting his school picture taken? I mean pretty much the only thing he failed to do was leave his business card at the crime scene.

But the calling card needs to be left the previous day.

They'll never see it coming!

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Post by JKCalhoun »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #223
JKCalhoun wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More or less lays out his motive right there. I disagree with his thoughts on violence. When you try to solve a problem by inviting violence to dinner you'll find you have a guest you are unable to excuse.

Violence is very effective. The authorities use it to subjugate the population and the American military uses the threat of violence and the action of actual violence to keep the United States the way it is. Except when it is used by governments, it is often called defense and when it is used by the police it is often called 'keeping the peace'. Violence as a tool for revolution is quite effective -- only pacifism is…

I wasn't suggesting that violence is ineffective. The French Revolution is an obvious example. I'm thinking about the "Reign of Terror" that followed though.

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Post by dyauspitr »

analog31 wrote: post #151
bbqfog wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe he saw how the world basically thought he was an amazing hero and he wanted to let people know who he really is.

Indeed, when the alternative was to be a nobody, on the lam, for the rest of his life.

They know what his face looks like and had a bunch of information about his whereabouts prior to visiting the city. It was only a matter of time until they found him. His one bet might have been to cross the border in Mexico.

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Post by 0xDEAFBEAD »

vouaobrasil wrote: post #223
JKCalhoun wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More or less lays out his motive right there. I disagree with his thoughts on violence. When you try to solve a problem by inviting violence to dinner you'll find you have a guest you are unable to excuse.

Violence is very effective. The authorities use it to subjugate the population and the American military uses the threat of violence and the action of actual violence to keep the United States the way it is. Except when it is used by governments, it is often called defense and when it is used by the police it is often called 'keeping the peace'. Violence as a tool for revolution is quite effective -- only pacifism is…

>Recent research suggests that nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in creating broad-based change than violent campaigns are, a somewhat surprising finding with a story behind it.

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolen...

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Post by sureglymop »

ks2048 wrote: post #187
imglorp wrote: post #75

His Goodreads comment on Ted Kacyzinski's book (better known for other work). https://i.redd.it/j9n3oplojv5e1.jpeg

Final sentence is telling (among others): "Violence never solved anything" is a statement uttered by cowards and predators. Although I'm not sure what "predators" means here. Don't predators use violence?

Do note that he apparently quoted someone elses sentence there. A quote from the review before this paragraph:

"A take I found online that I think is interesting:"

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Post by fma »

kjgkjhfkjf wrote: post #122

I don't think it's particularly relevant that the suspect is a software dev. Many people in the US are software devs nowadays. It has become a completely mainstream career option.

Poking through some more conservative news outlet, they are using some loosely tied together facts to insinuate he's left leaning.

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Post by JKCalhoun »

BurningFrog wrote: post #242
JKCalhoun wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If that's the case, you make a call to a reporter — and then walk into a police station to surrender to authorities.

Only if you have no sense for drama. That's not this guy.

Drama has too often allowed the suspect to be shot on sight.

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Post by dyauspitr »

ks2048 wrote: post #187
imglorp wrote: post #75

His Goodreads comment on Ted Kacyzinski's book (better known for other work). https://i.redd.it/j9n3oplojv5e1.jpeg

Final sentence is telling (among others): "Violence never solved anything" is a statement uttered by cowards and predators. Although I'm not sure what "predators" means here. Don't predators use violence?

Predators try to dissuade use of violence in their victims while freely using it themselves.
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