Posted on 03/27/2015 7:14:11 AM PDT by MNDude
Questions about the religious background of Andreas Lubitz, the Germanwings pilot who investigators said deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps this week, killing all on board, have sparked outrage and debate about whether such information is relevant to the investigation. When a reporter asked French Prosecutor Brice Robin of Marseille, during a news conference Thursday, whether he knew Lubitzs religion, Robin said he did not know and added, I dont think thats where the answer to this lies.
The question suggested that Lubitzs religious background was relevant to the investigation behind the pilots alleged deliberate downing of Germanwings Flight 9525 on Tuesday. Robin said the crash did not show any signs of terrorism. Some were appalled by the reporters inquiry.
This line of questioning makes no sense to me whatsoever, said Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, an associate professor of political science with a courtesy appointment in religious studies at Northwestern University in Illinois. I find it disturbing and depressing that at a time like this some people feel compelled to search desperately for explanations that presume religious causation.
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That’s a line of reasoning worthy of, well, a muslim. Using the same logic, I can “prove” you’re a muslim.
A. Some muslims commit mass murder with aircraft.
B. A German guy committed mass murder with an aircraft.
Therefore, C: The german guy is a muslim.
This is the logical fallacy of the undistributed middle, I believe. Google it.
Quite. My concern is more that it is counter-productive.
The most idiotic attorney in the world knows that if he makes 10 assertions in court, and three are disproven, he greatly weakens his case over what it would have been had he limited his assertions to the 7 that were actually true.
You are right on target. It distresses one that more and more people on our side have adopted the mind set of the Left, that being letting emotion overrule logic and fact. Since it has become both sides of the political divide, people as a whole live lives totally within their own bubble. We are all becoming like what Colin Cowheard calls “Hockey Guy.” The guy who loves Hockey and thinks everyone else is stupid and crazy because they do not share his passion. They cannot except the FACT that they belong to a small minority, thus they lash out at everyone else, instead of enjoying their fandom on its own merits.
How about remove the pilots? Global Hawk already flies itself.
I agree, the knee jerking is embarrassing.
If this does turn out to be the case, we can fully expect the TSA to respond by imposing a ban on girlfriends.
About 5 years ago an Egyptian pilot drove his plane into the ocean while giving praise to allah. So the question is relevant.
As far as this MD’s note is concerned, I know that on many labels for prescription meds here in the US, it is stated NOT to drive or operate machinery until you are sure you won’t suffer drowsiness or have some other detrimental side effects, (and I assume things are similar in Germany)..so I wonder if Lubitz’s doctor prescribed some medication that MIGHT cause such problems, issued the note recommending he not fly, and Lubitz chose to ignore the note because he thought it would end his career..so he decided to end his career in his own way, meaning to crash the plane..
We have the voice recorder data, and there’s no allah-praisin’ going on. Isn’t that relevant?
I am all for exploration for links to islam when stuff like this happens, but in the absence of any such links to date, and with plausible non-islam evidence emerging, it’s time to let go of the longing to hang this around Mohammed’s neck.
No,no “German news report”, only that nut Michael Mannheimer and his blog, and he seems to have pulled his post now.
I want to know what anti-depressents, “health supplements”, sleeping pills and other medication that peckerhead was on.
Right, professor; it was not a religion, it was ISLAM. A socio-political system that has masqueraded as a religion since its founding.
There may be no THERE there. Jews are not especially big on killing themselves just kill a bunch'a other folks. Muslims are.
Maybe he told his doctor he had just converted to Islam, felt much better and said something like Allah Akbar.
When you or I are alone, do we pray aloud, or just in our minds?
Can’t speak for you, but I’m not muslim.
100% agree. I read that German article over and over thinking I was missing something.
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