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Originally Posted by KarmaContestant
Except that he targeted the Congresswoman and her rally, specifically.  |
Sure, I totally understand that. I guess what I'm trying to convey
is that I feel this guy has lost all claims to a "motive" due to his
actions. Legally, he targeted the Congresswoman.
Morally, he shot and killed several people, including a nine-year-old
girl, a man who happens to work as a Judge, and a woman who
happens to work as a Congresswoman. I feel that the other victims
are getting "lost" in all the media attention, due to the (supposed)
motivation of asssassinating a Congresswoman. But like I said,
I feel that his claims to a motive carry no weight. He's a crazyperson
who went to a specific location and for no real reason shot more than
ten people, killing several of them.
Beyond what I've already said, let me phrase it like this:
He says his motive was to assassinate the Congresswoman.
He could also say the sky is blue on a sunny day.
Both of those statements, coming from him, carry
no
weight with me and therefore are irrelevant, in my opinion.
Of course, innocent until proven guilty and all that.
One other thing I'd like to mention: How many people,
for example, were killed during the Kennedy Assassination?
The answer, of course, is one. The reason why, of course,
is that the motive of the killer or killers was to kill
President Kennedy.
This guy shot and killed six people and wounded several
others ; his claims about his motive mean
nothing to me.