Christian terrorists hijack a plane

[kddani]

Originally Posted by _Opi_

It's not a race debate, it is a religious one. If you don't like this discussion, you don't have to respond. But if you didn't notice, there is another thread about "radical islam". So religious threads are plenty in GC.

Anyway, I posted it because it was the "news" and "politics" section, and this story applies.

I find it preplexing that hijacking a plane by a group of people seeking "religious/political assylum" does not get the same headline/breaking news than, let's say, people of other religions. Both are equally atrocious and deserve equal coverage.

Yes, and tone says a lot. Making provocative statements to try to rile people up isn't necessarily effective. And i'm free to read and comment on anything on this site that I would like.

Details of this story are just being released. Not a single person got hurt, there was no violence involved. There's a big difference.

I could care less of what religion they are. No one got hurt, no property was damaged, and in light of many other things going on in the world, this is just a very very small blip, unless other thigns are uncovered that reveal more.

It could be interesting to see if they get prosecuted in Turkey or wherever, but for now, there's nothing all that "sexy" or "interesting" about this story. A couple religious wackos, who don't appear to be part of some sort of bigger scheme, "peacefully" (for lack of better word- without force, violence, or threats of harm) hijacked a plane. Yes, it was wrong, yes, they should be punished. But there's a lot worse things going on in the world and in this country right now.

[_Opi_]

Originally Posted by kddani

Yes, and tone says a lot. Making provocative statements to try to rile people up isn't necessarily effective. And i'm free to read and comment on anything on this site that I would like.

Details of this story are just being released. Not a single person got hurt, there was no violence involved. There's a big difference.

I could care less of what religion they are. No one got hurt, no property was damaged, and in light of many other things going on in the world, this is just a very very small blip, unless other thigns are uncovered that reveal more.

It could be interesting to see if they get prosecuted in Turkey or wherever, but for now, there's nothing all that "sexy" or "interesting" about this story. A couple religious wackos, who don't appear to be part of some sort of bigger scheme, "peacefully" (for lack of better word- without force, violence, or threats of harm) hijacked a plane. Yes, it was wrong, yes, they should be punished. But there's a lot worse things going on in the world and in this country right now.

The only thing I thought I was doing was provocking a discussion about how little media coverage this story is receiving or why there were not labelled terrorist when they clearly hijacked a plane.

I agree that there are alot of worse things that are going on right now, but that's not the point. The point is, that if these guys were muslims (which they were thought to be at first--because of the whole Pope visiting Turkey bit) it would nevertheless be "breaking news".

I noticed that you said that there was no violence used. And that it was peaceful --for lack of a better word. They infiltrated the cockpit. I can only imagine what the pilots were thinking. And I can't see how you can peacefully hijack a plane to make a political statement or whatever. Still, even though no one got hurt in the end does not make it any less scarier.

Anyway, this was religiously motivated crime. And if a muslim or a christian did it, they deserve the same media coverage and the same labels.