[vnix]

I absolutely agree with you. Too many people, even in here make the knee jerk reactions before they think it through. When the shooter said "your children", it doesn't mean he's a foreigner, to me it could mean he's seperated himself from society. I'm no psychoanalyst, but it doesn't take one to use logic. The shooter is a monster. He's a psychopath with absolutely no concern for human life. NOT EVEN HIS OWN. Frankly, I think he probably doesn't expect to live much longer.

[per loin]

The shooter is a monster. He's a psychopath with absolutely no concern for human life. NOT EVEN HIS OWN

So you are agreeing that he is a Muslim?

[ladysusan]

When the shooter said "your children", it doesn't mean he's a foreigner, to me it could mean he's seperated himself from society.

I agree with this. I think he feeels outside society and has a "me against the world" mentality. He has marginalized, demonized and dehumanized other human beings. They are not fully human; only he is. This is a first step along the path that leads eventually to the random shootings. Perfectly innocent strangers are seen as animals or things, so exterminating them is meaningless. My two cents.

[aristeides]

Why does the killer have to be a psychopath? Why can't he be a jihadi who thinks he is allowed to do anything in the cause of jihad, but who is decent and respectful towards members of his own religion? Plenty of Nazis were normal men in their private lives.