Sunday, November 29, 2009

Doubble Standard

PARKLAND, Wash. — One of four police officers killed in an ambush at a coffee house Sunday fought with the gunman and may have wounded him before the officer died just outside the doorway, a sheriff's spokesman said.
Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer told reporters that investigators were asking area medical providers to report any people wounded by gunshots.
"Troyer said investigators believe two of the officers were shot dead while sitting in the shop, and a third was killed after standing up. The fourth apparently struggled with the gunman out the doorway and "gave up a good fight," getting off a few shots before he was either shot there or succumbed to earlier wounds."

This ariticle was relevent to me becaust the guy obviously commited a horrible act. But the media is not calling him a "terrorist". So what is terrorism? If the suspect name was Muhammad or Ahmad without a doubt it would have been blown up and the media would have made sure he was known as a "terrorist". I just hate that doubble standard if someone does something wrong no matter race or gender let them be criminals. But if someone does a criminal act and their Muslim them automaticly they a deemed to be a terrorist.







http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/29/multiple-police-officers-_n_373119.html

1 comment:

  1. It is an interesting argument and question you raise here. Personally, I feel like this person would be a terrorist, because he terrorized innocent and seemingly random people, just as the Ft. Hood shooter did.

    We should come up with a definition for terrorism and see if it is equally applied to Muslims and non-Muslims to test your theory.

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