Medicalizing Mass Murder-Have We Totally Lost Our Moral Bearings?
November 13, 2009 Medicalizing Mass Murder Have We Totally Lost Our Moral Bearings? Charles Krauthammer What a surprise — that someone who shouts “Allahu Akbar” (the “God is great” jihadist battle cry) as he is shooting up a room of American soldiers might have Islamist motives. It certainly was a surprise to the mainstream media, which spent the weekend after the Fort Hood massacre downplaying Nidal Hasan’s religious beliefs. “I cringe that he’s a Muslim. . . . I think he’s probably just a nut case,” said Newsweek’s Evan Thomas. Some were more adamant. Time’s Joe Klein decried “odious attempts...
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