barneystinson69 said:
He could be an ethnic German, but so what? If he is linked to an islamic group, that is irrelevant. Either way, we keep hearing conflicting stories, so either story could be right. |
My point was less about him being an ethnic-german (or, as we now know, of german-iranian decent) but about the way he was behaving in general.
He wanted to be understood. He was trying to explain. To justify himself. In a deranged way he was trying to reason with the people shouting at him. He talked about growing up on benefits and said it was people like the guy shouting racist abuse at him that have made his life hell. That, to me, is much more constistent with the behaviour of a mentally instable kid than that of a religiously motivated terrorist.
Imo it shows a craving for acceptance in mainstream society, wich was ultimately denied. Then he goes on to say that now he has a gun, wich would fullfill his need for domination. But all of this seems to happen from within a western societial worldview.
If he was religiously motivated woudln't he have nothing but contemt for the un-believers? Why try to justify yourself, when you have gods justification? That would be a motivation outside of a western societial worldview.
Then there's the probable suicide. Why kill yourself when you could go on killing more people for your mission? There's also the fact that suicide is a cardinal sin in Islam. Terrorists seem to make exceptions to that rule for bombings and plane abductions, but killing yourself in the middle of your killing spree would probably be considered quitting.
That's what I got from the video anyways. And like I said, this might all still be connected to Islamic terror. Maybe he radicalized himself on the Internet or something. I just meant to say that after seeing the video my gut feeling leans towards amok run vs. act of religious terror, wich admittedly I could have made clearer.
