VT Killer an Islamist Sympathizer

[glockmail]

Sources also told the Tribune about the strange inscription on one of Cho's arms — the words "ISMAIL AX" in red ink.
The reference may be to the Biblical sacrifice of Abraham, in which God commands the patriarch to sacrifice his own son. Abraham begins to comply, but God intervenes at the last moment to save the boy.
In the Jewish and Christian traditions, the son is Isaac, father of the Jewish people; in Islam, it is his older half-brother, Ismail, or Ishmael in Hebrew.
Abraham uses a knife in most versions of the story, but some accounts have him wielding an ax.
A more obscure reference may be to a passage in the Koran referring to Abraham's destruction of pagan idols; in some accounts, he uses an ax to do so.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266523,00.html

[Gunny]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,266523,00.html

That dude's head was so screwed up I doubt he even knew WHAT was tattooed on his arm.

I was listening to his roommates last night describe his behavior, then a counselor who tutored him because he had to be removed from the classroom for taking pictures under desks and making other students "uncomfortable."

He had an imaginary brother and an imaginary girlfriend, slept with the lights on, and hardly spoke to anyone in a year. He wrote two different plays that were whacko as Hell, and reeked of hatred, and anger and frustration.

To bad it's politically incorrect nowadays to call a blooming whacko a blooming whacko. Might have prevented this.

[Nuc]

Knucklehead that's a Jewish story! So he's a Jewish sympathizer or maybe a Christian sympathizer as much or more than an Islamic one. Or maybe he's just a nuthead. Do you have serious comprehension problems? Maybe you should go in for some remedial reading courses.

[glockmail]

Knucklehead that's a Jewish story! So he's a Jewish sympathizer or maybe a Christian sympathizer as much or more than an Islamic one. Or maybe he's just a nuthead. Do you have serious comprehension problems? Maybe you should go in for some remedial reading courses.

The story of Abraham is in the OT as well as the Koran. In the Koran, he uses an ax.

[glockmail]

That dude's head was so screwed up I doubt he even knew WHAT was tattooed on his arm.

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He was a senior english major, so he obviously knew what he wrote on his own arm in red pen (not a tat).

[Gunny]

He was a senior english major, so he obviously knew what he wrote on his own arm in red pen (not a tat).

Possessing knowledge does not equate to psychological stability nor maturity. Acting on emotion does not negate factual knowledge.

Ted Bundy was intelligent enough to argue his own case in court and was commended by the judge on his ability to do so. Right before sentencing him to death for being a predatory serial murderer.

This guy was so obsessed with perceived class bias, his own ompotence, and hatred for male figures in authority, I seriously doubt he had time for religion.

[Dilloduck]

Possessing knowledge does not equate to psychological stability nor maturity. Acting on emotion does not negate factual knowledge.

Ted Bundy was intelligent enough to argue his own case in court and was commended by the judge on his ability to do so. Right before sentencing him to death for being a predatory serial murderer.

This guy was so obsessed with perceived class bias, his own ompotence, and hatred for male figures in authority, I seriously doubt he had time for religion.

The guy was mentally ill. Americans are notoriously poor in being able to accept and treat it. Let' see if this changes anything. I have my doubts.

[avatar4321]

I am still not convinced he was mentally ill rather than just evil.

[loosecannon]

Possessing knowledge does not equate to psychological stability nor maturity. Acting on emotion does not negate factual knowledge.

Ted Bundy was intelligent enough to argue his own case in court and was commended by the judge on his ability to do so. Right before sentencing him to death for being a predatory serial murderer.

This guy was so obsessed with perceived class bias, his own ompotence, and hatred for male figures in authority, I seriously doubt he had time for religion.

BINGO!!!!!!! We have a winner.

The guy was a nutcase.

It makes no diff if he was a Jewish nutcase or a Muslim nutcase.

The religion played no role in his insanity induced criminal behavior.

[loosecannon]

I am still not convinced he was mentally ill rather than just evil.

Is there any such thing as people who are just evil? I mean with no other contributing factors?

Between genetics, environmental factors and God's role in making him, how much of himself was self created?

[avatar4321]

Is there any such thing as people who are just evil? I mean with no other contributing factors?

Between genetics, environmental factors and God's role in making him, how much of himself was self created?

Everyone experiences negative factors in life. No environment is perfect. No genetic code is perfect.

We choose our own destiny.

[manu1959]

Is there any such thing as people who are just evil?

given some of the people i have seen post here that is an a priori post if i have ever seen one

[Gunny]

Everyone experiences negative factors in life. No environment is perfect. No genetic code is perfect.

We choose our own destiny.

Based on what I've seen and read, this dude was molested by his stepfather which would explain his hatred for male authority figures. He was from a low-income family, so had a hatred of what he labelled spoiled, rich students.

And from his roommates and what the counselor who tutored him said, one can figure one whacked out dude.

We only choose our own destiny if our thought process allows us to.

[Dilloduck]

I am still not convinced he was mentally ill rather than just evil.

My exact point-----Americans are in major denial and ignorance regarding mental illness

[Samantha]

LOL! It's both funny and sad at the same time to see the right wing extremists scramble to find a way to blame this on Islam.

Pathetic.