I made a comment about Ft Hood on another f-locked post where I was the only one (except for a single comment that he needed a psychiatrist) who... shit, I can't figure out the wording I want. Not giving him the benefit of the doubt, because it's awful, but... not acting as though he just got up in his right mind one morning and decided to shoot a bunch of people for the hell of it. Which I thought was a little ironic considering my comment was:
Asked whether the shootings were a terrorist act, Lt Gen Cone said: "I couldn't rule that out but I'm telling you that right now, the evidence does not suggest that."
Four paragraphs after a note that he'd been harassed because of his Middle-Eastern ethnicity, I find that an interesting inclusion, and potentially quite telling. From an overseas perspective, and one where the Army is really very much something that no one thinks about unless they're involved in it in some way, the situation seems to have much in common with school shootings. I imagine people are less sympathetic because he's a fully grown man and should be able to respond rationally to feeling trapped or picked on, particularly as he'd also presumably have to pass psych evals to get into the Army in the first place, because when I see news about school shootings much of the commentary focuses on why the student feels that it's a reasonable option and whether they'd been a victim of bullying or harassment. (Never mind that the most destructive school attack ever was done by an adult.)
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Date: 2009-11-06 07:13 pm (UTC)Asked whether the shootings were a terrorist act, Lt Gen Cone said: "I couldn't rule that out but I'm telling you that right now, the evidence does not suggest that."
Four paragraphs after a note that he'd been harassed because of his Middle-Eastern ethnicity, I find that an interesting inclusion, and potentially quite telling. From an overseas perspective, and one where the Army is really very much something that no one thinks about unless they're involved in it in some way, the situation seems to have much in common with school shootings. I imagine people are less sympathetic because he's a fully grown man and should be able to respond rationally to feeling trapped or picked on, particularly as he'd also presumably have to pass psych evals to get into the Army in the first place, because when I see news about school shootings much of the commentary focuses on why the student feels that it's a reasonable option and whether they'd been a victim of bullying or harassment. (Never mind that the most destructive school attack ever was done by an adult.)
(My Ianto says "We do not say the C word!")